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15. VIII. 1969.
Dear Herr Professor Hundt,
I could not notify you beforehand that I had arrived with the bronzes safely and without difficulty at the border in Strasbourg as I had to continue straight on to Basel, where my wife and friends were waiting for me. The unfortunately all too brief stay with you and your Institute and friendly colleagues remains in my memory, and in gratitude for your help, without which important antiquities from a little-known period (12. Jahr./ would have been lost and even the cult wagon would never have been recognised. The publication will bear witness to this. But first I would like to obtain from the Cypriots a contribution towards the great costs of the restoration work, and I hope that I do not fall on deaf ears. I would like to thank you also for the renewed hospitality ity and the working facilities for Mme Kron-Torres. If all institutes were animated by the helpful and scholarly spirit of yours, it would be easier and better for archaeology. Now I hope you will be resting and enjoying a pleasant
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