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Document·34 CDF art. 176·30 November 1957

"Undertaking" and "List of objects to be given on loan to the French Expedition"Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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Typed in English. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 2 of document 34 CDF art. 176 ("Undertaking" and "List of objects to be given on loan to the French Expedition"), typed in English. The transcription and translation follow.

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

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30th November, 1957

Director of Antiquities Cyprus.

With reference to the terra-cotta statuette of the ... exported by me under export licence No.3552 dated 25th November, 1957,

and to the two clay balls and selected sherds detailed in export licence No.3556 dated 25th November, 1957,

and to the bronze statuette and 4 other items detailed in export licence No.3557 dated 25th November, 1957,

all of which I am taking with me on loan, I hereby undertake to make adequate provision for their preservation, insurance and return within one year from 30-xi-57.

Signature, ..............

Handwritten: X Schaeffer

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