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Photograph·8_PV_3029·1965

Enkomi: general view of altars and pierced stone (Sanctuary of the Ingot God)

Enkomi: general view of altars and pierced stone (Sanctuary of the Ingot God)
Photograph: Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer, 1965. Collège de France, Fonds Claude Schaeffer, 8_PV_3029. "Enkomi: general view of altars and pierced stone (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 a general view of altars and a pierced stone in the Sanctuary of the Ingot God at Enkomi, Cyprus. The photograph is attributed to Claude Schaeffer and dated 1965.

The Collège de France's catalogue entry (French)

Enkomi : Vue générale : autels et pierre percée (sanctuaire du dieu au lingot)

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