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Roman intaglio of a nude young warrior

Image attached to CG 133

An image of Engraved Gems/Ringstone. Profile of a nude young warrior wearing only a helmet and chlamys, holding a shield. To his left stands a column entwined by a serpent on top of which sits a bird. Intaglio cutting, red-brown cornelian, height 15, mm, width 11 mm, depth 4 mm, circa 200- circa 100 B.C. Roman Republican.

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Engraved Gems/Ringstone. Profile of a nude young warrior wearing only a helmet and chlamys, holding a shield. To his left stands a column entwined by a serpent on top of which sits a bird. Intaglio cutting, red-brown cornelian, height 15, mm, width 11 mm, depth 4 mm, circa 200- circa 100 B.C. Roman Republican.

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  • Accession Number: CG 133
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/40.0
  • Focal length: 105
  • Camera: NIKON D800
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 904 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 100.41kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 40/1
  • Captured: 2017:02:22 12:38:13

Key words

2nd Century Ancient Rome antiquity BC birds cape carnelian chlamys columns cornelian engraved gem ephaptis finger ring gem gemstones helmet intaglio male nude nude ring ringstone Roman Roman Republic serpent shield snake warriors young youth

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