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Enkomi: inscribed pithos (inv. no. 98 - Sanctuary of the Centaurs)

Enkomi: inscribed pithos (inv. no. 98 - Sanctuary of the Centaurs)
Photograph: Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer, 1962. Collège de France, Fonds Claude Schaeffer, 8_PV_2762. "Enkomi: inscribed pithos (inv. no. 98 - Sanctuary of the Centaurs)". CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Resized.

English, translated from the French record

Glass-mounted slide, 6 × 6 cm, of an inscribed pithos (inv. no. 98) from the Sanctuary of the Centaurs at Enkomi, Cyprus, made by Claude Schaeffer in 1962.

The Collège de France's catalogue entry (French)

Enkomi : Pithos inscrit (inv. N°98 - sanctuaire aux centaures)

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