Engraved jasper gem with Helioserapis and an eagle

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Engraved gems/Ringstone. Bust of Helioserapis in profile to the right. Below, an eagle stands with outspread wings. The surrounding legend, partially removed by cutting down reads 'One Zeus Serapis'. Intaglio cutting, red jasper, 13 mm x 10 mm, circa 100-circa 200 AD. Roman Imperial.

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Accession Number: CG 312
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: 328.07kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2014:04:30 11:51:15

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1st Century 2nd Century AD antiquity birds crown deity eagles engraved gem Fitz_ANT gemstones gods heads incised intaglio intaglio cutting jasper male mythological mythology profile red ring ringstone Roman Roman Imperial Sarapis Serapis solar crown sun crown winged wings

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