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Fragment of an Egyptian uraeus

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An image of To be identified/part. Uraeus. Production Place: Egypt. Plaster surface, wood, height 0.063 m, length 0.022 m, width 0.02 m.

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To be identified/part. Uraeus. Production Place: Egypt. Plaster surface, wood, height 0.063 m, length 0.022 m, width 0.02 m.

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  • Accession Number: E.GA.5841.1943
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Mark Box
  • Image height: 549 pixels
  • Image width: 1023 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 72.44kB
  • Exposure time: 1/18
  • ISO Speed: 50
  • Captured: 2012:02:10 16:15:23

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Ancient Egypt antiquity Egyptian Fitz_ANT fragment plaster serpent snake snakes uraei Uraeus wood wooden

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