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Forepart of a hollow cast lion, probably from a door lintel

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An image of Architectural element/door lintel. Forepart of a hollow cast lion, probably from a door lintel. Find Spot: Shibam? Hadramat, South Arabia. Copper alloy, length 0.556 m, width 0.285 m, circa 800-601 BC.

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Architectural element/door lintel. Forepart of a hollow cast lion, probably from a door lintel. Find Spot: Shibam? Hadramat, South Arabia. Copper alloy, length 0.556 m, width 0.285 m, circa 800-601 BC.

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  • Accession Number: ANE.10.1979
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/32.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 741 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 98.45kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2013:09:23 12:06:50

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rgb(60,54,45), rgb(107,95,82), rgb(228,228,231), rgb(143,148,153), rgb(130,119,103), rgb(178,183,187), rgb(165,162,159), rgb(92,100,95), rgb(173,172,162), rgb(196,187,187), rgb(90,92,100)

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