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Photograph·8_PV_3490·1949

Enkomi: impressions of cylinder seals showing a procession of figures (inv. 4.026 and 5.026)

Enkomi: impressions of cylinder seals showing a procession of figures (inv. 4.026 and 5.026)
Photograph: Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer, 1949. Collège de France, Fonds Claude Schaeffer, 8_PV_3490. "Enkomi: impressions of cylinder seals showing a procession of figures (inv. 4.026 and 5.026)". CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Resized.

English, translated from the French record

A glass negative of 10 × 8.5 cm, with a gelatin silver bromide emulsion, photographing impressions of cylinder seals from Enkomi, Cyprus, showing a procession of figures. The photograph is dated 1949 and relates to inventory numbers 4.026 and 5.026.

The Collège de France's catalogue entry (French)

Enkomi : Empreintes de sceaux-cylindres : défilé de personnages (inv. 4.026 et 5.026)

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