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Letter·34 CDF art. 176·30 November 1957

Letter from Megaw to Schaeffer with a receipt for items from the 1949 campaign at EnkomiArthur Hubert Stanley Megaw

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Scan 3 of letter 34 CDF art. 176 (Letter from Megaw to Schaeffer with a receipt for items from the 1949 campaign at Enkomi), typed in English. The transcription follows.

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

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RECEIPT

For two items found in the excavations of the French Archaeological Mission at Enkomi in 1949, directed by Professor C.F.A. Schaeffer, which, after temporary storage in the Cyprus Museum, have been allocated to him by the Director of Antiquities letter No.82/56 dated 25th November, 1957, and are being distributed by him as follows:-

1949 tomb 11 No.75 (4639) to Mr. George Sinclair, Acting Governor as a souvenir of his visit to Enkomi 28/11/57.

1949 tomb 11 No.93 to Mr. R. Wideson as a souvenir of his recent work at Enkomi in making a television film of the excavations.

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I have today received the above two items from the Cyprus Museum.

30th November, 1957

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

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