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Ø[printed: coat of arms with a crane and a trefoil] [printed: MAYA D. KRON] 23. Jan. 70.
Dear Uncle Claude, dear Aunt Odilchen,
Your letter of 18 Jan. arrived yesterday, 22 Jan. Your worry about the precious "stone" is understandable, but we delivered it about a week after my meeting in Strasbourg with you in Mainz. This in the presence of both secretaries in the office of registration and Herr Dr. Schaaf, whom Prof. Hundt constantly kept with him since he himself had caught such a cold that he could hardly speak They looked at the clay tablet as well as the gaming balls, gave me but no receipt - or certificate at the handover, but asked again for your address in southern France, whereupon I wrote it down for him again. With that I had to assume that Prof. Hundt wanted to confirm to you the receipt of the tablet and balls. Whether he has mislaid your address again? Already … continues
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