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Egyptian seal impression

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An image of Written document. Seal impression. Sealing from a papyrus roll, faint signs visible. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Diameter 0.025 m.

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Written document. Seal impression. Sealing from a papyrus roll, faint signs visible. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Diameter 0.025 m.

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  • Accession Number: E.71.1891
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Mark Box
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 987 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 556.09kB
  • Exposure time: 1/20
  • ISO Speed: 50
  • Captured: 2012:02:21 11:29:17

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Ancient Egypt antiquity document Egyptian Fitz_ANT impression papyrus papyrus roll seal seal impression written document

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Egyptian seal impression" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/media-207875 Accessed: 2024-03-28 22:39:06

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