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File:Geometric kantharos Staatliche Antikensammlungen 8501.jpg

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Deutsch: Kantharos. Schlangen auf den Henkeln kennzeichnen das Gefäß als Totengut. Die Ornamente — Schlangenband, Hakenkreuz, Blattstern — sind bildhaft komponiert. Attisch, um 780 v. Chr.
English: Kantharos. The snakes on handles mark a funerary present. Ornamentations—snakes frieze, swastikas and (Cannabis?) spangled flowers—have a symbolic value. Attica, ca. 780 BC.
Français : Canthare. Les serpents sur les anses désignent un présent funéraire. Les décorations — frise serpentiforme, croix gammées et fleurs étoilées — ont une valeur symbolique. Attique, v. 780 av. J.-C.
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Accession number Inv. 8501
Source/Photographer User:Bibi Saint-Pol, own work, 2007-02-09

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Camera manufacturer NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model NIKON D50
Exposure time 1/40 sec (0.025)
F-number f/4.2
Date and time of data generation 11:23, 9 February 2007
Lens focal length 26 mm
Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 72 dpi
Vertical resolution 72 dpi
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File change date and time 17:04, 1 May 2007
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Exposure Program Aperture priority
Date and time of digitizing 11:23, 9 February 2007
Exposure bias 0
Maximum land aperture 4 APEX (f/4)
Metering mode Pattern
Light source Unknown
Flash Flash did not fire
DateTime subseconds 80
DateTimeOriginal subseconds 80
DateTimeDigitized subseconds 80
Sensing method One-chip colour area sensor
File source Digital still camera
Scene type A directly photographed image
Custom image processing Normal process
Exposure mode Auto exposure
White balance Auto white balance
Digital zoom ratio 1
Focal length in 35 mm film 39 mm
Scene capture type Standard
Scene control None
Contrast Normal
Saturation Normal
Sharpness Normal
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