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Engraved plasma gem with Chnoubis

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An image of Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: a stiff Chnoubis, upright, with its head turned left and radiating short rays. The creature's tail is looped once. In two rows along the left side of the gem in a legend, written in retrograde and deeply incised. Reverse: the sign for Chnoubis written once. Intaglio cutting, plasma, 12 mm x 9.5 mm, circa 200-circa 400 AD. Roman Imperial.

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Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: a stiff Chnoubis, upright, with its head turned left and radiating short rays. The creature's tail is looped once. In two rows along the left side of the gem in a legend, written in retrograde and deeply incised. Reverse: the sign for Chnoubis written once. Intaglio cutting, plasma, 12 mm x 9.5 mm, circa 200-circa 400 AD. Roman Imperial.

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  • Accession Number: CG 500
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/29.0
  • 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: 44.49kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 29/1
  • Captured: 2014:05:07 10:22:20

Key words

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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