Roman intaglio engraved gem with Hermes, by Dioskourides

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
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Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2013:01:28 16:24:42

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