Engraved chalcedony gem with Greek inscriptions

An image of Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: inscription consisting of Greek letters (some in retrograde) and symbols. Reverse: inscription in five lines, the top and bottom lines indistinct owing to wear. Intaglio cutting, chalcedony, whole 15 mm x 12 mm, circa 300-circa 500 AD. Roman Imperial.

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Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: inscription consisting of Greek letters (some in retrograde) and symbols. Reverse: inscription in five lines, the top and bottom lines indistinct owing to wear. Intaglio cutting, chalcedony, whole 15 mm x 12 mm, circa 300-circa 500 AD. Roman Imperial.

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Accession Number: CG 517
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/29.0
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: 41.63kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2014:05:07 10:32:03

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4th Century 5th Century AD amulet antiquity chalcedony engraved gem finger ring Fitz_ANT gemstones Greek incised inscribed inscriptions intaglio intaglio cutting jewellery jewelry language magical amulet ring ringstone Roman Roman Imperial script symbolic symbols texts writing

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