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Photograph·8_PV_2751·1962

Enkomi: two-headed centaur B, in situ (inv. N°40 - pt. 902)

Enkomi: two-headed centaur B, in situ (inv. N°40 - pt. 902)
Photograph: Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer, 1962. Collège de France, Fonds Claude Schaeffer, 8_PV_2751. "Enkomi: two-headed centaur B, in situ (inv. N°40 - pt. 902)". CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Resized.

English, translated from the French record

Glass-mounted slide, 6 × 6 cm, of a two-headed centaur figure photographed in situ at Enkomi, Cyprus, in 1962, found at point 902 and recorded as inventory number 40. The photograph is by Claude Schaeffer.

The Collège de France's catalogue entry (French)

Enkomi : Centaure bicéphale B, in situ (inv. N°40 - pt. 902)

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