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Mosaic niche from Baiae, Campania

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An image of Architecture / Niche. Mosaic niche, mosaic, plaster, red jasper, obsidian, quartzite, glass, Egyptian blue, shell. Height 1.10m, width 0.80m, depth 0.535m, AD 1-100, Early Roman Period. Find Spot: Baiae Campania, Italy.

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Architecture / Niche. Mosaic niche, mosaic, plaster, red jasper, obsidian, quartzite, glass, Egyptian blue, shell. Height 1.10m, width 0.80m, depth 0.535m, AD 1-100, Early Roman Period. Find Spot: Baiae Campania, Italy.

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  • Accession Number: GR.159.1910
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 50
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1030 pixels
  • Image width: 771 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
  • Filesize: 398.82kB
  • Exposure time: 8947848/536870912
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 637534208/33554432
  • Captured: 2053:01:05 13:03:42

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