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quality of the materials occupies an exceptional place among all the buildings excavated so far at Enkomi. Here I refer to certain important buildings cleared by Mr Schaeffer in the northern area and that of the south, closer to the southern enclosure of Enkomi, notably at the one he called "the House of Bronzes". The discovery in the room at the back, the one furthest from the south façade of the southern part of our [handwritten: Carte de] building, of a bronze statue / 55cm in height representing xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx a God wearing a headdress with horns allows us to put forward the hypothesis that it is a temple dedicated to the cult of the god whose statue we have found. Other indications, in particular the discovery of skulls of young bovids probably sacrificed, in the rooms adjacent to that in which the statue was found, seem to corroborate this hypothesis. But as I have already said, the clearing of the building is still at the preliminary stage and it is only when we can reach the deep layers that we shall be able to see whether the building was dedicated to the cult in its entirety or only in part.
Figure: handwritten marginal note at left, "Fig. 5-7"; labels: Fig. 5-7
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