Roman marble head of Aphrodite

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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