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Engraved malachite gem with an ithyphallic baboon

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An image of Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: ithyphallic baboon (cynocephalus) with a long tail standing upright, in profile to the right, with both arms raised in adoration. Reverse is blank. Intaglio cutting, green malachite, 17 mm x 17 mm, circa 100-circa 300 AD. Roman Imperial.

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Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: ithyphallic baboon (cynocephalus) with a long tail standing upright, in profile to the right, with both arms raised in adoration. Reverse is blank. Intaglio cutting, green malachite, 17 mm x 17 mm, circa 100-circa 300 AD. Roman Imperial.

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  • Accession Number: CG 505
  • 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: 380.46kB
  • Exposure time: 1/15
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2014:04:25 16:04:09

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2nd Century 3rd Century AD amulet animals antiquity baboon engraved gem erect penis Fitz_ANT gemstones green incised intaglio intaglio cutting ithyphallic magical amulet malachite monkeys penis phallic profile Roman Roman Imperial

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