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Enkomi: hind legs of a two-headed centaur A, in situ (inv. N°39 - pt. 902)

Enkomi: hind legs of a two-headed centaur A, in situ (inv. N°39 - pt. 902)
Photograph: Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer, 1962. Collège de France, Fonds Claude Schaeffer, 8_PV_2748. "Enkomi: hind legs of a two-headed centaur A, in situ (inv. N°39 - pt. 902)". CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Resized.

English, translated from the French record

A glass-mounted slide, 6 × 6 cm, showing the hind legs of a two-headed centaur, labelled A, in situ at Enkomi, Cyprus, at point 902. Photographed by Claude Schaeffer in 1962.

The Collège de France's catalogue entry (French)

Enkomi : Pattes arrière de centaure bicéphale A, in situ (inv. N°39 - pt. 902)

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