Spit used as money, from the Temple of Artemis Orthia

An image of Equipment. Utensil. Spit, used as money. Find Spot: Temple of Artemis Orthia, Sparta, Greece. Depth 0.006 m, width 0.12 m.

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Equipment. Utensil. Spit, used as money. Find Spot: Temple of Artemis Orthia, Sparta, Greece. Depth 0.006 m, width 0.12 m.

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Accession Number: GR.129.1923
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 468 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 66.10kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1

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Ancient Greece antiquity Artemis Orthia currency equipment Fitz_ANT legal tender money Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia spit Temple of Artemis Orthia utensil

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