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Bird Shaped Votive Figurine

Image attached to GR.6d.1927

An image of religious/ritual equipment
 votive figurine

 bird
 cast
 
Field Collection 
 Pherae Thessaly Greece
 
Dimensions
 depth(): 0.002 m
height(): 0.058 m
width(plinth): 0.019 m

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religious/ritual equipment votive figurine bird cast Field Collection Pherae Thessaly Greece Dimensions depth(): 0.002 m height(): 0.058 m width(plinth): 0.019 m

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  • Accession Number: GR.6d.1927
  • For copyright information contact Fitzwilliam Museum Image Library
  • Aperture: f/45.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: norman, andrew; andrew
  • Image height: 760 pixels
  • Image width: 634 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 42.29kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 45/1
  • Captured: 2011:11:04 20:08:20

Key words

7th Century Artistic Movement BC Bronze Date Department Fitz_ANT Geometric Grecian Greek Material Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_OPAC birds offering religion religious ritual votive figure

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