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Fragment of an Assyrian limestone relief with horses heads

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An image of Architectural element/relief. Fragment, with horses heads. Production Place/Find Spot: Tell Kuyunjik (Nineveh), Iraq. Limestone, length 0.23 m, width 0.17 m, circa 705-681 B.C. Neo-Assyrian.

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Architectural element/relief. Fragment, with horses heads. Production Place/Find Spot: Tell Kuyunjik (Nineveh), Iraq. Limestone, length 0.23 m, width 0.17 m, circa 705-681 B.C. Neo-Assyrian.

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  • Accession Number: ANE.151.1920
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 740 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 134.54kB
  • Exposure time: 1/45
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1
  • Captured: 2017:04:26 11:28:08

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7th Century 8th Century animal animals architectural element Assyrian Assyrian Empire BC heads horses Iraqi limestone Neo-Assyrian Nineveh relief Tell Kuyunjik

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