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Egyptian scent bottle, in form of a composite deity

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An image of Cosmetic equipment. Scent bottle, in form of Taweret-Sakhmet-Sobek composite deity. The goddess taweret protected women during childbirth. This figure of her has a crocodile on its back. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Egypt. Diorite, carved, circa 116- circa 30 B.C. Late Period Ptolemaic.

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Cosmetic equipment. Scent bottle, in form of Taweret-Sakhmet-Sobek composite deity. The goddess taweret protected women during childbirth. This figure of her has a crocodile on its back. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Egypt. Diorite, carved, circa 116- circa 30 B.C. Late Period Ptolemaic.

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  • Accession Number: E.GA.4573.1943
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/27.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 768 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 245.33kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 27/1

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