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Egyptian faience amulet of the Sons of Horus

Image attached to E.33b.1955

An image of Jewellery/Amulet. Faience amulet of the Sons of Horus. Production Place: Egypt. Faience, circa 664- circa 525 B.C. Twenty-sixth Dynasty. Late Period.

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Jewellery/Amulet. Faience amulet of the Sons of Horus. Production Place: Egypt. Faience, circa 664- circa 525 B.C. Twenty-sixth Dynasty. Late Period.

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  • Accession Number: E.33d.1955
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
  • Image height: 561 pixels
  • Image width: 1023 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 91.60kB
  • Exposure time: 1/6
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1
  • Captured: 2015:06:18 15:36:05

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