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Roman marble head of Aphrodite

Image attached to GR.27.1988

An image of Figure/Head. Aphrodite. Marble, height 0.062 m, 1-200 A.D. Early Roman Period.  Eastern Mediterranean.

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Figure/Head. Aphrodite. Marble, height 0.062 m, 1-200 A.D. Early Roman Period. Eastern Mediterranean.

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  • Accession Number: GR.27.1988
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/45.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 979 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 77.96kB
  • Exposure time: 1/90
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 45/1
  • Captured: 2011:12:14 13:23:50

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1st Century 2nd Century AD antiquity Aphrodite beauty deity Early Roman female Fitz_ANT goddess gods hair hairstyle head marble mythological mythology Roman sculpture Venus

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