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Photograph·8_PV_2837·1929–1974

Enkomi: Mycenaean vase with a chariot drawn by a team of winged griffins from Enkomi

Enkomi: Mycenaean vase with a chariot drawn by a team of winged griffins from Enkomi
Photograph: Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer. Collège de France, Fonds Claude Schaeffer, 8_PV_2837. "Enkomi: Mycenaean vase with a chariot drawn by a team of winged griffins from Enkomi". CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Resized.

English, translated from the French record

A glass-mounted slide, 6 × 6 cm, showing a drawing of a Mycenaean vase decorated with a chariot drawn by a team of winged griffins, from Enkomi in Cyprus. The drawing is undated.

The Collège de France's catalogue entry (French)

Enkomi : Vase mycénien avec figuration de char tiré par un attelage de griffons ailés d'Enkomi Dessin non daté

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