Document·34 CDF art. 168-3·1949

The oldest known representation of Apollo: a second millennium bronze horned god statue found in Cyprus

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Item: The Illustrated London News, 1949. Collège de France, Fonds Claude Schaeffer, 34 CDF art. 168-3. "The oldest known representation of Apollo: a second millennium bronze horned god statue found in Cyprus". CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Resized.
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Item: The Illustrated London News, 1949. Collège de France, Fonds Claude Schaeffer, 34 CDF art. 168-3. "The oldest known representation of Apollo: a second millennium bronze horned god statue found in Cyprus". CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Resized.
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Item: The Illustrated London News, 1949. Collège de France, Fonds Claude Schaeffer, 34 CDF art. 168-3. "The oldest known representation of Apollo: a second millennium bronze horned god statue found in Cyprus". CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Resized.
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English, translated from the French record

Press article from The Illustrated London News, dated 27 August 1949, in English, on two paper leaves. It reports on a newly discovered bronze statue of a horned god from Cyprus, described by Dikaios, Curator of the Cyprus Museum.

The Collège de France's catalogue entry (French)

["The oldest know representation of Apollo : a unique second millenium bronze statue of horned god newly discovered in Cyprus" by Dikaios, Curator of the Cyprus Museum]

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