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English: Roman shears with "Egyptianizing" iconography

Date

between circa 100 and circa 200 AD

Medium

Bronze or copper alloy, inlaid with silver and black copper (?)

Dimensions

height: 9.3 in (23.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

	Native name	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Location	Manhattan, New York City, United States of America
	Coordinates	40° 46′ 46″ N, 73° 57′ 48″ W
	Established	1870
	Website	www.metmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q160236 VIAF: 126238294 ISNI: 0000000419368761 ULAN: 500125157 LCCN: n79129629 NLA: 36247933 WorldCat

Accession number

39.2.2

Place of creation

Said to be from Trabzon, northeastern Turkey (ancient Trebizond)

Object history

1939: purchased by Jacob S. Rogers Fund from Dr. Jacob Hirsch
1939: given to Metropolitan Museum of Art by Jacob S. Rogers Fund

References

Shears: Roman Period. Metropolitan Museum (n.d.). Retrieved on 18 July 2018.

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Date	25 September 2015, 11:31:14
Source	Own work
Author	Difference engine

Camera location	40° 46′ 45.95″ N, 73° 57′ 47.66″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	40.779430; -73.963238

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Image title	Shears, perhaps 2nd century A.D. Said to be from Trabzon, northeastern Turkey (ancient Trebizond). Bronze inlaid with silver and black copper(?). Rogers Fund, 1939 (39.2.2).
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F-number	f/2.2
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Date and time of data generation	11:31, 25 September 2015
Lens focal length	50 mm
Latitude	40° 46′ 45.95″ N
Longitude	73° 57′ 47.66″ W
Altitude	27.931 meters above sea level
Label	Blue
Short title	Shears, perhaps 2nd century A.D.
City shown	New York
Horizontal resolution	240 dpi
Vertical resolution	240 dpi
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File change date and time	01:29, 23 October 2015
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APEX shutter speed	7.643856
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Maximum land aperture	1.6 APEX (f/1.74)
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Scene type	A directly photographed image
Custom image processing	Normal process
Exposure mode	Auto exposure
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Digital zoom ratio	1
Focal length in 35 mm film	75 mm
Scene capture type	Standard
Scene control	Low gain up
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Sharpness	Normal
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GPS tag version	0.0.2.2
Serial number of camera	2581904
Lens used	50.0 mm f/1.8
Rating (out of 5)	5
Date metadata was last modified	21:29, 22 October 2015
Unique ID of original document	88B5575F8128F8CFC30932E96C2376EE
Keywords	2015 bronze metropolitan museum of art new york city scissors shears turkey wikimedia
Province or state shown	New York
Country shown	United States
Sublocation of city shown	Central Park
Code for country shown	US
IIM version	4

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