Forepart of a hollow cast lion, probably from a door lintel

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Architectural element/door lintel. Forepart of a hollow cast lion, probably from a door lintel. Find Spot: Shibam? Hadramat, South Arabia. Copper alloy, length 0.556 m, width 0.285 m, circa 800-601 BC.

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Accession Number: ANE.10.1979
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 741 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
Filesize: 98.45kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2013:09:23 12:06:50

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