Engraved jasper gem with an inscription

An image of Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: Horus. Reverse: Inscription. Intaglio cutting, jasper. Roman.

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Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: Horus. Reverse: Inscription. Intaglio cutting, jasper. Roman.

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Accession Number: Loan Ant.103.668
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 768 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 53.92kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2014:05:02 15:30:35

Key words

_WF_Lewis_Collection _WF_Loan_Corpus AD amulet antiquity engraved gem finger ring Fitz_ANT gemstones incised inscribed inscriptions intaglio intaglio cutting jasper jewellery jewelry language magical amulet ring ringstone Roman script texts writing

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