Engraved carnelian gem, serpent with head of old man

An image of Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: serpent with head of old man. Intaglio cutting, carnelian, 101-300 AD. Roman.

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Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: serpent with head of old man. Intaglio cutting, carnelian, 101-300 AD. Roman.

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Accession Number: Loan Ant.103.682
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/45.0
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: 52.13kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 45/1
Captured: 2014:05:07 14:25:33

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2nd Century 3rd Century _WF_Lewis_Collection _WF_Loan_Corpus AD amulet antiquity carnelian cornelian creature crescent moon engraved gem finger ring Fitz_ANT gemstones incised intaglio intaglio cutting jewellery jewelry magical amulet man moon old man red ring ringstone Roman serpent snake stars

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