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Photograph·8_PV_2848·1959

Enkomi: large rectangular steatite seal (inv. no. 2)

Enkomi: large rectangular steatite seal (inv. no. 2)
Photograph: Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer, 1959. Collège de France, Fonds Claude Schaeffer, 8_PV_2848. "Enkomi: large rectangular steatite seal (inv. no. 2)". CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Resized.

English, translated from the French record

Glass-mounted slide, 6 × 6 cm, of a large rectangular steatite seal (inv. no. 2) from Enkomi, Cyprus. The photograph is dated 1959 and is attributed to Claude Schaeffer.

The Collège de France's catalogue entry (French)

Enkomi : Grand cachet rectangulaire en stéatite (inv. N°2)

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