Letter·34 CDF art. 176·4 December 1956

Correspondence between Schaeffer and Megaw on the division of finds and Dikaios's discoveriesClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer and Arthur Hubert Stanley Megaw

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

Scan 3 of letter 34 CDF art. 176 (Correspondence between Schaeffer and Megaw on the division of finds and Dikaios's discoveries), handwritten in French. The transcription follows.

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6/1/57

Dear Mr. Megaw, Thank you very much for your letter of Dec. 4th. My answer was delayed by pressure of work here after our return from Syria, Please excuse. I am looking forward to this years excavation at Enkomi where many problems remain to be solved. I am glad that Dikaios could last autumn conclude his investigations and is now ready to bring to an end his collaboration with his volume. As long as this is not published we remain in the dark about now a substantial part of that important site. So we are looking forward very much to his conclusions. – Stewart has written. I think you have given permission for the dispatch of the remaining Vounous material. I would very much like you could proceed with the preliminaries for the division. As to Berard's loss, I thank you for your proposition which we shall gladly accept. I hope in autumn to discuss … continues

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