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Minoan prism shaped serpentine seal

Image attached to GR.4.2001

An image of Dark grey chlorite/serpentine prism-shaped seal, engraved on all three faces with spiral and linear designs, pierced through. Height 0.009 m, width 0.019 m. Middle Minoan Period. Cretan.

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Dark grey chlorite/serpentine prism-shaped seal, engraved on all three faces with spiral and linear designs, pierced through. Height 0.009 m, width 0.019 m. Middle Minoan Period. Cretan.

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  • Accession Number: GR.4.2001
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/32.0
  • Focal length: 50
  • Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 683 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 81.05kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2007:04:25 23:46:07

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Ancient Greece antiquity chlorite Cretan engraved engraving Fitz_ANT Greek Minoan Minoan Period prism seal serpentine

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rgb(42,42,43), rgb(228,228,228), rgb(139,140,137), rgb(128,120,104), rgb(117,106,97), rgb(181,185,189), rgb(176,159,142), rgb(190,176,157), rgb(107,124,126), rgb(106,116,132), rgb(197,187,188)

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