Letter·34 CDF art. 113·23 February 1970

Letter from Schaeffer to Hundt about EnkomiClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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Handwritten in German and French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 1 of letter 34 CDF art. 113 (Letter from Schaeffer to Hundt about Enkomi), handwritten in German and French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 113, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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Margin top: Mainz

[printed: LE CASTEL BLANC]

Printed: 14, RUE TURGOT

[printed: ST. GERMAIN-EN-LAYE] the 23. II .70.

Dear Professor Hundt,

I am just receiving reports about the situation in Cyprus which makes me decide to go there in spring instead of in autumn go. The tensions between the Turkishand Greek inhabitants, especially in the area of Enkomi and Famagusta are becoming more acutebecome more acute. So I would like to ask if I could drop in on you on 12 March, to collect the original of the tablet and the inscribed balls again, which were to return to Nicosia - I come back on 11 March from Oxford and London and could take a night train which would drop me on the next day in Frankfurt or directly in Mainz set me down. My wife, who would also like to once Mainz and your laboratory and museum see, would accompany me, and that would be a nice opportunity for you to meet the daughter of Reallexikon etc. R. Forrer. Please send me a short note here by the 28th (Saturday), afterwards to the

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