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Photograph·8_PV_2566·1946

Enkomi: South city wall: row of monoliths

Enkomi: South city wall: row of monoliths
Photograph: Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer, 1946. Collège de France, Fonds Claude Schaeffer, 8_PV_2566. "Enkomi: South city wall: row of monoliths". CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Resized.

English, translated from the French record

Glass negative, gelatin silver process, 10 × 8.5 cm, taken by Claude Schaeffer in 1946 at Enkomi, Cyprus. It shows upright monoliths set on the rock table forming the lower course of the outer facing, with the cliff bordering the city on the east side (sea) in the background.

The Collège de France's catalogue entry (French)

Enkomi : Enceinte sud : rangée de monolithes Monolithes dressés sur la table rocheuse formant l'assise inférieure du parement extérieur. Au fond, la falaise qui borde la ville du côté est (mer).

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