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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 12:06:12 |
Make | Nikon |
Model | NIKON D3 |
Flash Used | No |
Focal Length | 85 mm |
Exposure Time | 1/200 sec |
Aperture | f/4 |
ISO Equivalent | 2500 |
Exposure Bias | -0.67 |
White Balance | |
Metering Mode | matrix (5) |
JPEG Quality | |
Exposure Program | aperture priority (3) |
Focus Distance | 0.940 m |
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