Heart scarab found on Nekhtefmut's chest

An image of Scarab. Heart scarab, uninscribed found on Nekhtefmut's chest. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Ramesseum, Thebes, Egypt. Depth 1.2 cm, length 2.6 cm, width 1.8 cm, circa 923 B.C. Twenty-second Dynasty. Third Intermediate period, reign of Osorkon I.

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Scarab. Heart scarab, uninscribed found on Nekhtefmut's chest. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Ramesseum, Thebes, Egypt. Depth 1.2 cm, length 2.6 cm, width 1.8 cm, circa 923 B.C. Twenty-second Dynasty. Third Intermediate period, reign of Osorkon I.

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Accession Number: E.293.1896
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/36.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 821 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 78.33kB
Exposure time: 1/90
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 36/1
Captured: 2015:02:26 14:26:06

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