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Fragment of Viking silver Thor's hammer pendant

Image attached to CM.1841-2008

An image of Pendant fragment. Thor's hammer. Find Spot: Torksey, Lincolnshire. Silver, 800-999. Viking. Early Medieval.

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Pendant fragment. Thor's hammer. Find Spot: Torksey, Lincolnshire. Silver, 800-999. Viking. Early Medieval.

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  • Accession Number: CM.1841-2008
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 585 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 283.27kB
  • Exposure time: 1/25
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1
  • Captured: 2017:11:15 13:16:56

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10th Century 9th Century AD Fitz_CM fragment hammer jewellery Norse pendant Silver Thor Thor's hammer tools Viking

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