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Document·34 CDF art. 176·4 November 1958

Undertaking: boxes containing sherds from the 1957–1958 seasonsClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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Scan 2 of document 34 CDF art. 176 (Undertaking: boxes containing sherds from the 1957–1958 seasons), typed in English. The transcription follows.

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ENKOMI - ALASIA EXCAVATIONS, 1958

UNDERTAKING

I hereby undertake, on behalf of Dr. C.F.A. Schaeffer, to make adequate provision for the preservation and return to Cyprus, within one year from today, of the seventy one small carton boxes containing sherds from the 1957 and 1958 campaigns of the French Expedition at Enkomi (M.P. 36/35/5, Pls. 70-76) covered by Export Licence No. 3129 (Section A) of 4th November, 1958 which I am taking to Paris with me for study purposes.

Nicosia, 4th November, 1958

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