Egyptian faience amulet of the Sons of Horus

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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