Engraved plasma gem with a cicada

An image of Engraved gems/Ringstone. A cicada with large head and bullet-shaped body; wings by its side. Intaglio cutting, plasma, 6 mm x 5 mm, circa 0-circa 100 AD. Roman Imperial.

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Engraved gems/Ringstone. A cicada with large head and bullet-shaped body; wings by its side. Intaglio cutting, plasma, 6 mm x 5 mm, circa 0-circa 100 AD. Roman Imperial.

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Accession Number: CG 377
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: 143.29kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2014:04:30 11:40:31

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1st Century AD antiquity cicada engraved gem Fitz_ANT gemstones green incised insects intaglio intaglio cutting plasma ring ringstone Roman Roman Imperial

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