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Letter·34 CDF art. 183·1 September 1946

Letter from Schaeffer to Madame Durroy (?) with the second report on Enkomi and Cyprus Mail press cuttingsClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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Typed in French and Greek. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 18 of letter 34 CDF art. 183 (Letter from Schaeffer to Madame Durroy (?) with the second report on Enkomi and Cyprus Mail press cuttings), typed in French and Greek. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 183, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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3 or 4 specialists for the clearing of the tombs and the reconstruction and preparation of the finds. Mr P.Dikaios, my former collaborator from Vounous would be appointed deputy director under my orders and would direct the excavations during my absence. The financial management of each mission is belongs[handwritten: to it] the excavation equipment including the decauvilles will be supplied by the Department of Antiquities, which would take charge of the guarding of the site. The Department of Antiquities would regard its contribution to the excavations at Enkomi as the main objective of its excavation department during the next 5 or 6 years. The sharing of the finds would be on an equal basis. The Department of Antiquities would contribute to the printing costs of the publidefinitive publication, which will be in French and printed in France.

Our present excavation campaign will end on 12 October. Then MM Couche and Prironin will take charge of packing and transport, while I will go to Palestine to visit the excavations at Fara and to Syria for the study of the resumption of the excavations at Ras Shamra.

In this connection I have just been informed by our ambassador at Damascus of the intention of the Syrian government (in agreement with the other governments of the Arab states) to forbid all[handwritten: /] archaeological excavations during the period of one[handwritten: c] year. As the Syrian government gave me a promise before my departure,[handwritten: ai] I will try to obtain a concession to continue the development works of the camp and of the site in progress. I will keep you informed of the reception I meet with in Damascus.

The activity of the French Archaeological Mission is often mentioned in the press. Here are 6 cuttings from the Turkish, Greek and English press. —

Handwritten: signature

Stamp: IAU de F.A. SCHAEFFER / Directeur de Recherches / Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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

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