Engraved lapis gem with Harpocrates

An image of Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: Harpocrates crouching on a lotus flower. Type as for CG 495. Reverse: scarabaeus beetle. Intaglio cutting, lapis lazuli, 13 mm x 10 mm, circa 100-circa 300. Possibly Ptolemaic, more likely Roman Imperial.

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Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: Harpocrates crouching on a lotus flower. Type as for CG 495. Reverse: scarabaeus beetle. Intaglio cutting, lapis lazuli, 13 mm x 10 mm, circa 100-circa 300. Possibly Ptolemaic, more likely Roman Imperial.

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Accession Number: CG 496
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: 267.86kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2014:04:25 17:49:44

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2nd Century 3rd Century AD amulet antiquity blue crouching deity engraved gem Fitz_ANT gemstones gods Harpocrates Heru Horus incised intaglio intaglio cutting lapis lapis lazuli lotus lotus flower magical amulet male mythological mythology Ptolemaic Ra Roman Roman Imperial silence

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