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Roman intaglio engraved gem with Hermes, by Dioskourides

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An image of Engraved Gems / Ringstone. Hermes standing facing, wearing a petasos and a chlamys holding a kerykeion in his left hand. Dioskourides (gem-engraver, 1st cent. (BC)-post 31 (BC)/ante 20 (AD). Intaglio cutting, carnelian, height 16 mm, width 12 mm, depth 2.5 mm, circa 25 B.C. Augustan-Court School.

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Engraved Gems / Ringstone. Hermes standing facing, wearing a petasos and a chlamys holding a kerykeion in his left hand. Dioskourides (gem-engraver, 1st cent. (BC)-post 31 (BC)/ante 20 (AD). Intaglio cutting, carnelian, height 16 mm, width 12 mm, depth 2.5 mm, circa 25 B.C. Augustan-Court School.

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  • Accession Number: CG 165
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/32.0
  • Focal length: 105
  • Camera: NIKON D800
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 875 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 93.07kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2013:01:28 16:24:42

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