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Carved ivory wax tablets

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An image of Equipment/Utensil. Wax tablets (2). Ivory, carved, length 0.107 m, width 0.075 m, 1- 100 AD. Early Roman Period.

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Equipment/Utensil. Wax tablets (2). Ivory, carved, length 0.107 m, width 0.075 m, 1- 100 AD. Early Roman Period.

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  • Accession Number: GR.23.1980
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/32.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 770 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 163.16kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2013:10:21 16:30:41

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1st Century AD antiquity carved Early Roman equipment Fitz_ANT Greek ivory panel Roman tablet utensil wood

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