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Ivory carved magic wand, Egyptian

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An image of Religious/ Ritual Equipment/ Cult Object. Wand. Ivory, carved, length 0.11 m. Find Spot: Hierakonpolis, Egypt. Middle Kingdom. Egyptian.

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Religious/ Ritual Equipment/ Cult Object. Wand. Ivory, carved, length 0.11 m. Find Spot: Hierakonpolis, Egypt. Middle Kingdom. Egyptian.

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  • Accession Number: E.205.1900
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 594 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 64.37kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1
  • Captured: 2013:04:30 16:19:01

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Ancient Egypt antiquity BC carved cult object Egyptian Fitz_ANT ivory magical wand Middle Kingdom ritual equipment ritual object wand

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