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Mummified cats's head, Egyptian

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An image of Cat's head, mummified. Find Spot: Egypt. Length 0.06m, width 0.055m.

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Cat's head, mummified. Find Spot: Egypt. Length 0.06m, width 0.055m.

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  • Accession Number: E.Misc.86
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 803 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 133.60kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2013:01:29 14:08:13

Key words

Ancient Egypt animal mummy antiquity cats Egyptian Fitz_ANT grave goods mummified animal mummy organic remains ritual equipment ritual object

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