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Photograph·8_PV_3498·1949

Enkomi: clearing the alabaster bowl in the shape of a water bird (tomb 2)

Enkomi: clearing the alabaster bowl in the shape of a water bird (tomb 2)
Photograph: Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer, 1949. Collège de France, Fonds Claude Schaeffer, 8_PV_3498. "Enkomi: clearing the alabaster bowl in the shape of a water bird (tomb 2)". CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Resized.

English, translated from the French record

A glass negative of 10 × 8.5 cm, made by Claude Schaeffer in 1949 at Enkomi, Cyprus, showing the uncovering of an alabaster bowl shaped like a water bird in tomb 2.

The Collège de France's catalogue entry (French)

Enkomi : Dégagement de la coupe en albâtre en forme d'oiseau aquatique (tombe 2)

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