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Letter·34 CDF art. 176·5 October 1960

Letter from Schaeffer to Megaw (?) on the 1959 objects returned by Courtois, with enclosed listClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer and Jacques-Claude Courtois

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

Scan 3 of letter 34 CDF art. 176 (Letter from Schaeffer to Megaw (?) on the 1959 objects returned by Courtois, with enclosed list), handwritten in English and French. The transcription and translation follow.

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

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Copy for Mr Schaeffer .

French Archaeological Expedition to ENKOMI-ALASIA - 1960 -

Application for TEMPORARY EXPORT of:

- 6 metal boxes containing charcoal taken from various strata of the ENKOMI site for Radiocarbon 14 analysis

- 16 cardboard boxes or paper bags containing sherds of pottery from stratified layers.

N.B. These boxes are packed in a single large cubic cardboard box.

ENKOMI, 7.10.1960

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

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