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Letter·34 CDF art. 179·31 October 1951

Letter from Schaeffer to Plenderleith about photographs of the bull bowlClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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

Scan 1 of letter 34 CDF art. 179 (Letter from Schaeffer to Plenderleith about photographs of the bull bowl), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 179, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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Ras Shamra, 31. X. 51.

Dear Dr. Plenderleith,

Thank you very much for your letter of October 23rd. I would like to waite until Mr. Burrows is back. Please would you ask him to do the photogr. of the cup and to give you the neg prints or the film which I would be glad to receive at the adress of Institute Français d'Archéologie, B. Post. 14.24, Beyrouth.

I am asking my bank : Barclays to send you a chèque of 8/18/0 for the photogr. and postage. Thank you very much for the help in this matter.

Yours sincerely C. F A Schaeffer.

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