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Engraved carnelian gem with the young Hercules

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An image of Engraved gems/ringstone/intaglio. A head of the young Hercules facing in profile to the right, wearing the lion-skin helmet, its paws knotted at his neck. Mount gold ring, type 1a. Intaglio cutting, carnelian, height 14 mm, width 12 mm. Problematic: Roman Imperial or Modern.

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Engraved gems/ringstone/intaglio. A head of the young Hercules facing in profile to the right, wearing the lion-skin helmet, its paws knotted at his neck. Mount gold ring, type 1a. Intaglio cutting, carnelian, height 14 mm, width 12 mm. Problematic: Roman Imperial or Modern.

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  • Accession Number: CG 713
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/27.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 895 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 530.38kB
  • Exposure time: 1/250
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 27/1
  • Captured: 2015:07:07 13:32:29

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rgb(142,84,53), rgb(220,226,235), rgb(159,150,148), rgb(205,184,152), rgb(206,123,61), rgb(219,175,106), rgb(182,182,188), rgb(146,116,124), rgb(121,124,125), rgb(197,187,185), rgb(164,172,188)

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