Egyptian faience jerboa, from Heliopolis

An image of Figure/figurine/tomb figure. Faience Jerboa. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: D12 tomb(?) Heliopolis, Egypt. Faience, moulded, length, 4.1 cm, width, 2.7 cm, 1976-1793 B.C. Twelfth Dynasty. Middle Kingdom.

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Figure/figurine/tomb figure. Faience Jerboa. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: D12 tomb(?) Heliopolis, Egypt. Faience, moulded, length, 4.1 cm, width, 2.7 cm, 1976-1793 B.C. Twelfth Dynasty. Middle Kingdom.

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Accession Number: E.279.1939
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
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Image width: 1024 pixels
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Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2013:10:21 15:37:28

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