Egyptian faience figure of a frog, from Hierakonpolis

An image of Figurine. Faience figure of a frog. Frogs were associated with the inundation (annual flooding) of the Nile and so could be linked to fertility and also the celebration of the Egyptian New Year, which was in July. Faience is a crushed quartz that is glazed. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Hierakonpolis, Egypt; Main Deposit. Mould-made, faïence, length 4.3 cm, about 3000-2500 B.C. Predynastic, Early Dynastic Period.

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Figurine. Faience figure of a frog. Frogs were associated with the inundation (annual flooding) of the Nile and so could be linked to fertility and also the celebration of the Egyptian New Year, which was in July. Faience is a crushed quartz that is glazed. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Hierakonpolis, Egypt; Main Deposit. Mould-made, faïence, length 4.3 cm, about 3000-2500 B.C. Predynastic, Early Dynastic Period.

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Accession Number: E.108.1898
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/45.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 846 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 84.94kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 45/1
Captured: 2015:07:21 11:19:20

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