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Canaanite inlaid scarab, inscribed with hieroglyphs within a scroll decoration border

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An image of Inlaid scarab, inscribed with hieroglyphs within a scroll decoration border, of Canaanite manufacture. Find Spot: Egypt. Length 0.017 m, width 0.012 m. Middle Bronze Age.

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Inlaid scarab, inscribed with hieroglyphs within a scroll decoration border, of Canaanite manufacture. Find Spot: Egypt. Length 0.017 m, width 0.012 m. Middle Bronze Age.

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  • Accession Number: E.18.1977
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/25.0
  • Focal length: 100
  • Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 683 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Filesize: 88.89kB
  • Exposure time: 1/20
  • ISO Speed: 400
  • Fnumber: 25/1
  • Captured: 2011:01:18 15:14:15

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_WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd antiquity BC beetles blue Bronze Age Canaan Canaanite Egyptian Fitz_ANT hieroglyphics hieroglyphs inlaid inlay inscribed inscriptions insects scarab scarab beetle skarabs turquoise

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