Manuscript·34 CDF art. 176·16 December 1957

Government of Cyprus Department of Antiquities Licence to Export Antiquities no. 3335Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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Handwritten in English. Every line is transcribed, and the text sits beside the scan.

Scan 1 of manuscript 34 CDF art. 176 (Government of Cyprus Department of Antiquities Licence to Export Antiquities no. 3335), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 176, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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+ √ 4 = hematite weight (drawing) 6 = basalte (drawing) 30 = scarabee (drawing) 36 = cylindre pierre noire [printed: [Form Antiq. 1.]] + 99 = 1/2 Scarabee avec cartouche + √ 104 = poids en forme galet (drawing) + √ 113 = lame bronze + boucle [printed: GOVERNMENT [emblem] OF CYPRUS.] + √ 114 = élément cotte bronze [written sideways: √ = rendus en 1958] + √ 160 161 = paire + boucle d'oreille isolé

Printed: No 3335

Printed: Department of Antiquities.

Printed: LICENCE TO EXPORT ANTIQUITIES.

Printed: Issued under the Antiquities Law, Cap. 43.

[printed: [Antiquities (Licence to Export) Regulations.]]

Printed: Permission is hereby given by the Director of Antiquities to the person

[printed: undersigned to export] the following isolated objects from the 1957 excavations of the French Expedition, given to Prof. Schaeffer on loan: Nos √ 4, 6, 30, 36, 99, √ 104, √ 113, √ 114, √ 161. scarabé under undertaking dated 16/12/57 and Signed on his behalf by Mr R. Kuss

Written sideways: Exported

Stamp: CUSTOMS & EXCISE 18 DEC 1957 NICOSIA - AIRPORT

Printed: being an antiquity antiquities bearing the above number, examined and passed for export by

[printed: me and sealed in my presence this] 16th [printed: day of] December [printed: 19] 57

Printed: This licence is valid for a period of two years from the date of issue.

A.H. Megaw.

Printed: Director of Antiquities.

[printed: Signature] D. Johnstone [printed: Permanent address] for Prof. C.F.A. Schaeffer.

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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