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Scarab, inscribed with the name Amenhotep, from Sparta

Image attached to GR.4020.1923

An image of Scarab, inscribed with name Amenhotep (?). Depth 0.01 m, height 0.007 m, width 0.015 m. Artemis Orthia sanctuary Sparta Greece (?).

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Scarab, inscribed with name Amenhotep (?). Depth 0.01 m, height 0.007 m, width 0.015 m. Artemis Orthia sanctuary Sparta Greece (?).

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  • Accession Number: GR.4020.1923
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/45.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 855 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 109.47kB
  • Exposure time: 1/90
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 45/1
  • Captured: 2011:12:13 19:58:52

Key words

Amenhotep Ancient Greece antiquity BC beetles Egyptian Fitz_ANT Greek insects scarab Spartan

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rgb(95,79,62), rgb(195,171,135), rgb(232,230,229), rgb(224,207,178), rgb(115,111,109), rgb(187,145,94), rgb(125,115,112), rgb(170,167,166), rgb(196,195,196), rgb(172,156,100), rgb(180,164,164)

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