Mask of a New Comedy Youth, Egyptian

An image of Mask of a New Comedy Youth. Coffin attachment. Moulded, porphyry (imitation), length 6.7 cm, width 4.8 cm, circa 50-100 AD. Egyptian, Roman period.

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Mask of a New Comedy Youth. Coffin attachment. Moulded, porphyry (imitation), length 6.7 cm, width 4.8 cm, circa 50-100 AD. Egyptian, Roman period.

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Accession Number: E.33.1982
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 861 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 135.32kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2012:08:20 14:34:06

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1st Century AD antiquity Classical Antiquity comedy Egyptian faces Fitz_ANT male mask moulded Roman theatre theatrical

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