Engraved plasma gem with Chnoubis

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Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: a rearing Chnoubis, its lion-head in profile to the left and crowned with rays. Amongst the rays and to the right of the head is the legend NOX: in the field are three stars. To the left of the gem is the inscription CXNO and to the right YBI- together spelling the creature's name. Beneath the loosely coiled tail is a legend. Reverse: the sign for Chnoubis in two forms, each in triplicate. a rosette-like sign is placed above and below the vertically arranged rows of Chnoubis signs. Along the left side of the stone runs a legend. Intaglio cutting, plasma, 19 mm x 14 mm, circa 200-circa 400 AD. Roman Imperial.

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Accession Number: CG 501
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: 57.29kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2014:05:02 15:44:39

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3rd Century 4th Century AD amulet antiquity Chnoubis Chnoumis Chnuphis crown Egyptian engraved gem finger ring Fitz_ANT gemstones gnostic green halo icon incised intaglio intaglio cutting jewellery jewelry legend legends lions magical amulet nimbus plasma rays ring ringstone Roman Roman Imperial serpent serpentine snake solar solar crown stars sun sun crown Xnoubis

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