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Engraved chalcedony with Helios, palm tree and lion

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An image of Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: Helios, palm tree and lion. Intaglio cutting, chalcedony, 201-300 AD. Roman.

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Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: Helios, palm tree and lion. Intaglio cutting, chalcedony, 201-300 AD. Roman.

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  • Accession Number: Loan Ant.103.683
  • 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: 245.37kB
  • Exposure time: 1/15
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2014:04:25 15:10:46

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2nd Century 3rd Century _WF_Lewis_Collection _WF_Loan_Corpus AD amulet animals antiquity chalcedony engraved gem Fitz_ANT gemstones Helios incised intaglio intaglio cutting lions magical amulet palm tree palms Roman

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rgb(193,147,106), rgb(241,239,235), rgb(68,59,52), rgb(119,101,86), rgb(211,181,157), rgb(227,204,178), rgb(116,82,50), rgb(100,68,45), rgb(228,180,136), rgb(148,100,64), rgb(92,100,68)

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