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I hope that in a fortnight all the allocated material will be ready for shipping and the space in the Museum liberated. I shall determine if in addition to the Vases & objects allocated to the French Exp., I should ask for special vases for study. That can be fixed by me on Tuesday or Wednesday.
give | to photog.Photographs of some vases to be taken before shipping with the bulk of the material. – Prior to shipping I would like to have made some photographs of special types of vases to accelerate the publication & to help in reconstruction if in a breakage should occur on the journey to France. Could these photographs be made by your operator in the Museum if I refund the expense or must I ask for an outside photographer? I would make the selection of vases to be photographed as short as possible.
Iron Age pithoi I want to buy one or two well painted Iron Age or later pithoi well preserved and one or two nice jars of half size. I have seen some at Kolocasides's shop but would prefer to buy them from the Museum duplicates if there are good specimens available. You will let me know
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain