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Egyptian scarab

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An image of Scarab. Inscribed. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Depth mm, length mm, width mm.

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Scarab. Inscribed. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Depth mm, length mm, width mm.

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  • Accession Number: E.63.1939
  • 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: 75.87kB
  • Exposure time: 1/20
  • ISO Speed: 400
  • Fnumber: 25/1
  • Captured: 2011:01:17 15:38:54

Key words

_WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd Ancient Egypt antiquity beetles Egyptian Fitz_ANT insects scarab scarab beetle skarabs

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rgb(48,46,36), rgb(229,229,228), rgb(146,149,130), rgb(152,131,93), rgb(106,118,110), rgb(191,191,176), rgb(159,175,167), rgb(117,108,109), rgb(185,201,198), rgb(172,163,164), rgb(124,140,100)

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