Egyptian female figure wearing a headdress

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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