Egyptian calcite vessel with monkeys

An image of Stone vessel. Calcite vessel with monkeys. Jar, squat, with two monkeys on outside in relief. Used as an eye-paint jar. Production Place/Find Spot:: Egypt. Calcite, carved, height 2.2 cm, 1976-1794 B.C. Dynasty 12.

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Stone vessel. Calcite vessel with monkeys. Jar, squat, with two monkeys on outside in relief. Used as an eye-paint jar. Production Place/Find Spot:: Egypt. Calcite, carved, height 2.2 cm, 1976-1794 B.C. Dynasty 12.

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Accession Number: E.266.1939
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 828 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 64.56kB
Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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