Letter·34 CDF art. 176·24 November 1957

Letter from Schaeffer to Megaw on the progress of the excavationsClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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

Scan 13 of letter 34 CDF art. 176 (Letter from Schaeffer to Megaw on the progress of the excavations), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

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returned? It has not been exhibited. Casts from the "Cypriote" tablets found in Ugarit (R. Shamra). I shall ask that they may be made from the Dir. of Ant. in Damascus. Would you be prepared to give in return a cast of the best of the Enkomi tablets & could a second cast be made at that occasion for study in Paris? Excuse, please this long letter. But I would be glad to settle all these things with the minimum of loss of time for you & myself. Looking forward to see you on Tuesday Morning.

Yours sincerely

C F A Schaeffer

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