Letter·34 CDF art. 176·17 November 1969

Government of Cyprus Department of Antiquities Licence to Export Antiquities no. 5899, a letter from Schaeffer to Nikolaou and an Undertaking letterClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer and Kyriakos Nicolaou

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

Scan 3 of letter 34 CDF art. 176 (Government of Cyprus Department of Antiquities Licence to Export Antiquities no. 5899, a letter from Schaeffer to Nikolaou and an Undertaking letter), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

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

Unnumbered pageScan 3 of 6

French Archaeological Expedition to Enkomi-Alasia, 19 October 1970. Dear Director, I return herewith the following objects found during the 1969 campaign and exported for study and restoration under the Licence No 5899, dated Nov. 16th, 1969: Inv. No 2001 Inscribed clay tablette Inv. No 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 four inscribed clay balls, and one spindle without inscription. The other four antiquities mentioned on the same licence will be returned later. I return also the inscribed bronze anvil No 1926 found during our 1967 campaign. Yours sincerely C.F.A.Schaeffer.

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