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Enkomi: Clearing of a cult vessel (cella - pt. 1142)

Enkomi: Clearing of a cult vessel (cella - pt. 1142)
Photograph: Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer, 1963. Collège de France, Fonds Claude Schaeffer, 8_PV_2870. "Enkomi: Clearing of a cult vessel (cella - pt. 1142)". CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Resized.

English, translated from the French record

Glass-mounted slide, 6 × 6 cm, of the clearing of a cult vessel in the cella at pt. 1142 at Enkomi, Cyprus. Photographed by Claude Schaeffer, dated 1963.

The Collège de France's catalogue entry (French)

Enkomi : Dégagement d'un vase cultuel (cella - pt. 1142)

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