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Egyptian female figure wearing a headdress

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An image of Figurine/Statuette. Female figure, standing, wearing headdress. Production Place: Egypt. Copper alloy, cast in one piece, separate arms now missing, height 24 cm, circa 747- circa 656 B.C. Twenty-fifth Dynasty. Production Note: The crown suggests the subject is a priestess. The nakedness might suggest a fertility aspect.

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Figurine/Statuette. Female figure, standing, wearing headdress. Production Place: Egypt. Copper alloy, cast in one piece, separate arms now missing, height 24 cm, circa 747- circa 656 B.C. Twenty-fifth Dynasty. Production Note: The crown suggests the subject is a priestess. The nakedness might suggest a fertility aspect.

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  • Accession Number: E.GA.4385.1943
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/27.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Kate Young
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 552 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 279.08kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 27/1

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7th Century 8th Century Ancient Egypt antiquity BC cast copper copper alloy crown crowned Egyptian female female nude figure figurine Fitz_ANT hair head-dress headdress nude priest priestess standing statuette

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