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Egyptian jar, in the form of a bird?, head missing

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An image of Vessel. Jar, in the form of a bird ?, head missing. Find Spot: Naukratis?, Egypt. Production Place: Egypt. Height 0.105 m.

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Vessel. Jar, in the form of a bird ?, head missing. Find Spot: Naukratis?, Egypt. Production Place: Egypt. Height 0.105 m.

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  • Accession Number: E.P.273
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/18.0
  • Focal length: 135
  • Camera: Canon EOS 6D
  • Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 985 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 500.46kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 250
  • Fnumber: 18/1
  • Captured: 2018:07:18 16:30:33

Key words

Ancient Egypt anthropomorphic antiquity birds clay Egyptian Fitz_ANT jar Naukratis pottery vessel

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