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Comb, carved with sphinxes and lions, from Sparta

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An image of Cosmetic equipment/Comb, carved with Sphinxes and Lions. Height 0.044 m, width 0.03 m, circa 650-630 B.C. Find Spot: Temple of Artemis Orthia, Sparta, Greece.

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Cosmetic equipment/Comb, carved with Sphinxes and Lions. Height 0.044 m, width 0.03 m, circa 650-630 B.C. Find Spot: Temple of Artemis Orthia, Sparta, Greece.

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  • Accession Number: GR.135.1923
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 810 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 423.56kB
  • Exposure time: 1/18
  • ISO Speed: 50
  • Captured: 2011:03:07 09:50:27

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7th Century Ancient Greece antiquity Archaic Period BC carved comb cosmetic equipment cosmetica Fitz_ANT Greek hair comb Spartan

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