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Egyptian scarab, inscribed with floral designs

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An image of Scarab. Inscribed, with floral designs(?). Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Sedment, Egypt. Stone, carnelian or glazed steatite, carved, 1.1 cm, 1479-1425 B.C. New Kingdom. Eighteenth Dynasty.

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Scarab. Inscribed, with floral designs(?). Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Sedment, Egypt. Stone, carnelian or glazed steatite, carved, 1.1 cm, 1479-1425 B.C. New Kingdom. Eighteenth Dynasty.

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  • Accession Number: E.24.1921
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/20.0
  • Focal length: 100
  • Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1365 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 178.58kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 20/1
  • Captured: 2010:04:26 21:00:05

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