Carved ivory wax tablets

An image of Equipment/Utensil. Wax tablets (2). Ivory, carved, length 0.107 m, width 0.075 m, 1- 100 AD. Early Roman Period.

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Equipment/Utensil. Wax tablets (2). Ivory, carved, length 0.107 m, width 0.075 m, 1- 100 AD. Early Roman Period.

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Accession Number: GR.23.1980
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 770 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 163.16kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2013:10:21 16:30:41

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1st Century AD antiquity carved Early Roman equipment Fitz_ANT Greek ivory panel Roman tablet utensil wood

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