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Photograph·8_PV_3090·1965

Enkomi: West city wall, opening of a trench towards the east

Enkomi: West city wall, opening of a trench towards the east
Photograph: Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer, 1965. Collège de France, Fonds Claude Schaeffer, 8_PV_3090. "Enkomi: West city wall, opening of a trench towards the east". CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Resized.

English, translated from the French record

Glass-mounted slide, 6 × 6 cm, of the West city wall at Enkomi, Cyprus, showing the opening of a trench towards the east. Taken by Claude Schaeffer, dated 1965.

The Collège de France's catalogue entry (French)

Enkomi : Enceinte ouest : ouverture tranchée vers l'est

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