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Painted wooden shrine door with a dancing youth

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An image of Furniture element. Door from cabinet, decorated with dancing youth playing cymbals. His clothing and the fact that he has hair suggest he is a festival participant rather than a priest. Production Place: Egypt. Roman Period. Wood, depth 1.2 cm, width 14 cm, height 26.3 cm, A.D. 200-300.

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Furniture element. Door from cabinet, decorated with dancing youth playing cymbals. His clothing and the fact that he has hair suggest he is a festival participant rather than a priest. Production Place: Egypt. Roman Period. Wood, depth 1.2 cm, width 14 cm, height 26.3 cm, A.D. 200-300.

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  • Accession Number: E.GA.4332.1943
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Image Library
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 671 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
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3rd Century AD Ancient Egypt antiquity architectural element boys clothes clothing cymbals dance dancers dancing door Egyptian fashion festival festivities figures Fitz_ANT furniture male painted playing playing an instrument tunic wood wooden young youth youthful

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