Photograph·8_PV_3496·1949
Enkomi: Egyptian statuette in gold-inlaid bronze
English, translated from the French record
Glass negative photograph by Claude Schaeffer, dated 1949, showing an Egyptian bronze statuette inlaid with gold from Enkomi, Cyprus. The statuette is described as dating to the Cypriot Iron Age I (1200–1050) or the Sea Peoples period.
The Collège de France's catalogue entry (French)
Enkomi : Statuette égyptienne en bronze incrusté d'or Statuette datant du Chypriote Fer I (1200-1050) ou Epoque des Peuples de la Mer.
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