Engraved hematite gem with Horus

An image of Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: Horus. Intaglio cutting, hematite, 201-300 AD. Roman.

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Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: Horus. Intaglio cutting, hematite, 201-300 AD. Roman.

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Accession Number: Loan Ant.103.672
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 105
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 684 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 267.41kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2014:04:25 15:27:05

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3rd Century _WF_Lewis_Collection _WF_Loan_Corpus AD amulet antiquity crown crowned deity divine Egyptian engraved gem Fitz_ANT gemstones gods grey Harpocrates headdress hematite Heru Horus incised intaglio intaglio cutting kalathos lotus lotus flower magical amulet male mythological mythology Ra religion Roman seated

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