Engraved carnelian gem with the young Hercules

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Engraved gems/ringstone/intaglio. A head of the young Hercules facing in profile to the right, wearing the lion-skin helmet, its paws knotted at his neck. Mount gold ring, type 1a. Intaglio cutting, carnelian, height 14 mm, width 12 mm. Problematic: Roman Imperial or Modern.

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Accession Number: CG 713
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 895 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 530.38kB
Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2015:07:07 13:32:29

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