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Gold spoon from the grave of a child, from Hierakonpolis

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An image of Utensil. Spoon, with soldered handle. from the grave of a child. Find Spot: Hierakonpolis, Egypt; child's grave. Production Place: Egypt. Gold, length 8.5 cm, 3000 B.C. Predynastic Period.

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Utensil. Spoon, with soldered handle. from the grave of a child. Find Spot: Hierakonpolis, Egypt; child's grave. Production Place: Egypt. Gold, length 8.5 cm, 3000 B.C. Predynastic Period.

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  • Accession Number: E.5.1900
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/27.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 563 pixels
  • Image width: 1023 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 37.85kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 27/1

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Ancient Egypt antiquity BC cutlery Egyptian Fitz_ANT gold grave goods Hierakonpolis Predynastic Period soldered spoon utensil

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