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Fragment of a lamp, from Nineveh

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An image of Vessel/Sherd. Fragment of lamp, part of base of spout. Production and Find Spot: Tell Kuyunjik (Nineveh), Iraq. Greenish clay, grit temper, length 0.061 m, width 0.069 m. Assyrian period.

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Vessel/Sherd. Fragment of lamp, part of base of spout. Production and Find Spot: Tell Kuyunjik (Nineveh), Iraq. Greenish clay, grit temper, length 0.061 m, width 0.069 m. Assyrian period.

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  • Accession Number: ANE.11g.1928
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/32.0
  • Focal length: 50
  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 683 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 108.12kB
  • Exposure time: 1/15
  • ISO Speed: 125
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2009:03:19 16:24:04

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antiquity clay Fitz_ANT fragment Iraqi lamp sherd

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