Early Dynastic cylinder seal

An image of Cylinder Seal. Grey-green serpentine or diorite, height 0.031 m, width 0.011 m, circa 2600 B.C. Early Dynastic III Period.

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Cylinder Seal. Grey-green serpentine or diorite, height 0.031 m, width 0.011 m, circa 2600 B.C. Early Dynastic III Period.

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Accession Number: ANE.13.2005
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 683 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 102.14kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2009:03:25 14:36:00

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