Engraved bloodstone gem with Harpocrates

An image of Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: Harpocrates seated on a lotus bloom. In addition the central subject is surrounded by animals-triads of uraei (snakes), goats, beetles, hawks and crocodiles. Reverse: inscription in six lines. Intaglio cutting, bloodstone, 21.5 mm x 18 mm, circa 100-circa 300. Roman Imperial.

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Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: Harpocrates seated on a lotus bloom. In addition the central subject is surrounded by animals-triads of uraei (snakes), goats, beetles, hawks and crocodiles. Reverse: inscription in six lines. Intaglio cutting, bloodstone, 21.5 mm x 18 mm, circa 100-circa 300. Roman Imperial.

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Accession Number: CG 497
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: 462.01kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2014:04:24 17:46:57

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2nd Century 3rd Century AD amulet animals antiquity beetles birds bloodstone crocodile deity engraved gem Fitz_ANT gemstones goats gods green Harpocrates hawk Heru Horus incised insects intaglio intaglio cutting lotus lotus flower magical amulet male mythological mythology Ra Roman Roman Imperial seated serpent silence sitting snake uraei Uraeus

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