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Photograph·8_PV_2569·1949

Enkomi: repoussé gold leaves (tomb 5) and carved ivory pyxis lid (tomb 7)

Enkomi: repoussé gold leaves (tomb 5) and carved ivory pyxis lid (tomb 7)
Photograph: Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer, 1949. Collège de France, Fonds Claude Schaeffer, 8_PV_2569. "Enkomi: repoussé gold leaves (tomb 5) and carved ivory pyxis lid (tomb 7)". CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Resized.

English, translated from the French record

A glass negative of 10 cm × 8.5 cm, made by Claude Schaeffer in 1949, showing gold repoussé leaves from tomb 5 and a carved ivory pyxis lid from tomb 7 at Enkomi, Cyprus.

The Collège de France's catalogue entry (French)

Enkomi : Feuilles d'or repoussées (tombe 5) et couvercle de pyxide en ivoire gravé (tombe 7)

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