Egyptian cowroid seal, inscribed with a man and bird

An image of Seal. Cowroid, inscribed with a man and bird. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. First Intermediate period.

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Seal. Cowroid, inscribed with a man and bird. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. First Intermediate period.

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Accession Number: E.1.1978
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 683 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Filesize: 96.04kB
Exposure time: 1/20
ISO Speed: 400
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2011:01:18 15:11:51

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_WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd Ancient Egypt antiquity BC birds cowrie shells cowroid seal Egyptian First Intermediate Period Fitz_ANT inscribed inscriptions man mollusk seal shells

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