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Spit used as money, from the Temple of Artemis Orthia

Image attached to GR.127.1923

An image of Equipment. Utensil. Spit, used as money. Find Spot: Temple of Artemis Orthia, Sparta, Greece. Depth 0.006 m, width 0.15 m.

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Equipment. Utensil. Spit, used as money. Find Spot: Temple of Artemis Orthia, Sparta, Greece. Depth 0.006 m, width 0.15 m.

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  • Accession Number: GR.127.1923
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 461 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 69.99kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1

Key words

Ancient Greece antiquity Artemis Orthia currency equipment Fitz_ANT legal tender money Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia spit Temple of Artemis Orthia utensil

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