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Egyptian calcite vessel with monkeys

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An image of Stone vessel. Calcite vessel with monkeys. Jar, squat, with two monkeys on outside in relief. Used as an eye-paint jar. Production Place/Find Spot:: Egypt. Calcite, carved, height 2.2 cm, 1976-1794 B.C. Dynasty 12.

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Stone vessel. Calcite vessel with monkeys. Jar, squat, with two monkeys on outside in relief. Used as an eye-paint jar. Production Place/Find Spot:: Egypt. Calcite, carved, height 2.2 cm, 1976-1794 B.C. Dynasty 12.

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  • Accession Number: E.266.1939
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Katie Young
  • Image height: 828 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 64.56kB
  • Exposure time: 1/250
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1

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