Engraved malachite gem with an ithyphallic baboon

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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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