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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.
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Date/Time | 08-Sep-2012 16:19:43 |
Make | Nikon |
Model | NIKON D4 |
Flash Used | No |
Focal Length | 70 mm |
Exposure Time | 1/80 sec |
Aperture | f/6.3 |
ISO Equivalent | 4000 |
Exposure Bias | -0.67 |
White Balance | 0 |
Metering Mode | matrix (5) |
JPEG Quality | fine (4) |
Exposure Program | aperture priority (3) |
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