Face from a coffin, with recesses for inlaid eyes and eyebrows

An image of Funerary equipment. Coffin. Face from coffin, with recesses for inlaid eyes and eyebrows. Inlays now missing. Traces of adhesive remaining, made from Egyptian blue and gum. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Thickness 0.077 m, height 0.151 m, width 0.150 m, 1550-1070 B.C. New Kingdom.

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Funerary equipment. Coffin. Face from coffin, with recesses for inlaid eyes and eyebrows. Inlays now missing. Traces of adhesive remaining, made from Egyptian blue and gum. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Thickness 0.077 m, height 0.151 m, width 0.150 m, 1550-1070 B.C. New Kingdom.

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Accession Number: E.GA.501.1947
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 978 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 174.43kB
Exposure time: 1/90
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2014:11:26 16:18:58

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Ancient Egypt antiquity BC coffin Egyptian faces Fitz_ANT funerary equipment inlaid inlay New Kingdom wood wooden

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