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Photograph·8_PV_2863·1963

Enkomi: clearing the Sanctuary of the Ingot God

Enkomi: clearing the Sanctuary of the Ingot God
Photograph: Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer, 1963. Collège de France, Fonds Claude Schaeffer, 8_PV_2863. "Enkomi: clearing the Sanctuary of the Ingot God". CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Resized.

English, translated from the French record

A glass-mounted slide, 6 × 6 cm, showing the clearing of the Sanctuary of the Ingot God at Enkomi, Cyprus. It was made by Claude Schaeffer and dates from 1963.

The Collège de France's catalogue entry (French)

Enkomi : Dégagement du sanctuaire du dieu au lingot

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