Gold spoon from the grave of a child, from Hierakonpolis

An image of Utensil. Spoon, with soldered handle. from the grave of a child. Find Spot: Hierakonpolis, Egypt; child's grave. Production Place: Egypt. Gold, length 8.5 cm, 3000 B.C. Predynastic Period.

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Utensil. Spoon, with soldered handle. from the grave of a child. Find Spot: Hierakonpolis, Egypt; child's grave. Production Place: Egypt. Gold, length 8.5 cm, 3000 B.C. Predynastic Period.

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Accession Number: E.5.1900
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 563 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 37.85kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1

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Ancient Egypt antiquity BC cutlery Egyptian Fitz_ANT gold grave goods Hierakonpolis Predynastic Period soldered spoon utensil

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