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| 18-SEP-2011 | |
Terracotta vessel (probably a rhyton) shaped like a double headed duck.
Grey paste, dark grey slip. Brightly burnished. Length: 31½ cm; height: 20 cm.
Hittite, from Hattuşa/Boğazköy (Lower city). 14th century BC .
Rhyton = a container from which fluids were intended to be drunk, or else poured in some ceremony such as libation.
Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Source: ‘Land of Civilizations, Turkey’ – Catalogue of the Fukuoka Exhibition (Japan), 1985.
| Full EXIF Info | |
| Date/Time | 18-Sep-2011 12:05:14 |
| Make | Nikon |
| Model | NIKON D3 |
| Flash Used | No |
| Focal Length | 85 mm |
| Exposure Time | 1/100 sec |
| Aperture | f/2.5 |
| ISO Equivalent | 800 |
| Exposure Bias | |
| White Balance | |
| Metering Mode | matrix (5) |
| JPEG Quality | |
| Exposure Program | aperture priority (3) |
| Focus Distance | 0.840 m |
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