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Electrum star pendant, from Tell el-Ajjul

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An image of Jewellery/Pendant. Star. Find Spot: Tell el-Ajjul, Gaza Strip. Electrum, length 0.047 m, width 0.044 m, c.1788-1580 BC.

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Jewellery/Pendant. Star. Find Spot: Tell el-Ajjul, Gaza Strip. Electrum, length 0.047 m, width 0.044 m, c.1788-1580 BC.

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  • Accession Number: ANE.17.1948
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/32.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 914 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 480.03kB
  • Exposure time: 1/20
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 32/1

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alloy antiquity BC electrum Fitz_ANT Gaza Strip gold jewellery jewelry metal pendant stars Tall al-Ajjul Tell el-'Ajul

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