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Face mask of a bearded male from a coffin

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An image of Funerary equipment/Coffin. Face mask, male bearded, inlaid eyes, with part of mummy case attached. Height 34 cm, circa 150. Roman Period. Find Spot: Egypt.

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Funerary equipment/Coffin. Face mask, male bearded, inlaid eyes, with part of mummy case attached. Height 34 cm, circa 150. Roman Period. Find Spot: Egypt.

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  • Accession Number: E.3.1906
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/32.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 769 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 566.68kB
  • Exposure time: 1/45
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 32/1

Key words

2nd Century AD Ancient Egypt antiquity bearded beards coffin curls curly Egyptian face mask faces Fitz_ANT fragment funerary equipment hair hairstyle male mask mummy mummy coffin Roman

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