Engraved carnelian gem with head, cista mystica and serpent

An image of Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: male head, cista mystica and a serpent. Intaglio cutting, carnelian, 201-300 AD. Roman.

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Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: male head, cista mystica and a serpent. Intaglio cutting, carnelian, 201-300 AD. Roman.

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Accession Number: Loan Ant.103.666
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 759 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 70.21kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2014:05:02 15:23:56

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3rd Century _WF_Lewis_Collection _WF_Loan_Corpus AD amulet antiquity carnelian cista mystica cornelian engraved gem finger ring Fitz_ANT gemstones heads incised inscribed inscriptions intaglio intaglio cutting jewellery jewelry laurel wreath laurels magical amulet male orange ring ringstone Roman serpent snake

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