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Photograph·8_PV_2559·1950

Enkomi: Building 18: well chamber (at the level of original floor V)

Enkomi: Building 18: well chamber (at the level of original floor V)
Photograph: Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer, 1950. Collège de France, Fonds Claude Schaeffer, 8_PV_2559. "Enkomi: Building 18: well chamber (at the level of original floor V)". CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Resized.

English, translated from the French record

A glass negative of the Enkomi excavations, made in 1950, showing the well chamber of Building 18 at the level of original floor V. The negative is a gelatin silver plate measuring 10 cm × 8.5 cm.

The Collège de France's catalogue entry (French)

Enkomi : Bâtiment 18 : chambre aux puits (au niveau du sol original V)

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