Fragment of a lamp, from Nineveh

An image of Vessel/Sherd. Fragment of lamp, part of base of spout. Production and Find Spot: Tell Kuyunjik (Nineveh), Iraq. Greenish clay, grit temper, length 0.061 m, width 0.069 m. Assyrian period.

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Vessel/Sherd. Fragment of lamp, part of base of spout. Production and Find Spot: Tell Kuyunjik (Nineveh), Iraq. Greenish clay, grit temper, length 0.061 m, width 0.069 m. Assyrian period.

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Accession Number: ANE.11g.1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 683 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 108.12kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 125
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2009:03:19 16:24:04

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