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Photograph·8_PV_2982·1963

Enkomi: gold sheet, gold pectoral or diadem, in situ (inv. 16.004 - west trench paving - pt. 973)

Enkomi: gold sheet, gold pectoral or diadem, in situ (inv. 16.004 - west trench paving - pt. 973)
Photograph: Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer, 1963. Collège de France, Fonds Claude Schaeffer, 8_PV_2982. "Enkomi: gold sheet, gold pectoral or diadem, in situ (inv. 16.004 - west trench paving - pt. 973)". CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Resized.

English, translated from the French record

Glass-mounted slide, 6 × 6 cm, showing a gold sheet identified as a pectoral or diadem, photographed in situ at Enkomi, Cyprus, at point 973 in the west trench paving. The photograph is dated 1963 and bears inventory number 16.004.

The Collège de France's catalogue entry (French)

Enkomi : Feuille en or, pectoral ou diadème en or, in situ (inv. 16.004 - tranchée ouest dallage - pt. 973)

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