Engraved jasper gem with Serapis and Isis

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Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Zeus Serapis seated on a high-backed throne in profile to the left; at his feet the dog Kerberos. Separis holds a long sceptre in his left hand and extends his right hand to the goddess Isis who stands before him. The goddess supports a tall torch in her right hand and holds three ears of corn in her left. Serapis is crowned with the kalathos, while Isis wears the lotus-bud diadem placed forward on her brow; her head seems to be veiled. Reverse: inscription of various letters and symbols. Intaglio cutting, red jasper, 18.5 mm x 14.5 mm, circa 200- circa 400 AD. Roman Imperial.

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Accession Number: CG 492
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 105
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
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Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 81.69kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2014:04:25 15:34:56

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