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

Scan 4 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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Show-through from reverse side, mirrored and inverted; transcribed as read

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 affixed to the Director of Antiquities letter No.HZ/56 dated 29th 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 29/11/57.

1949 tomb 11 No.93 to Mr. R. Hilleson 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

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