Engraved bloodstone gem with Horus

An image of Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: Horus. Reverse: Inscription. Intaglio cutting, bloodstone, 101-300 AD. Roman.

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Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: Horus. Reverse: Inscription. Intaglio cutting, bloodstone, 101-300 AD. Roman.

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Accession Number: Loan Ant.103.670
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: 50.55kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2014:05:07 11:03:32

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2nd Century 3rd Century _WF_Lewis_Collection _WF_Loan_Corpus AD amulet antiquity bloodstone engraved gem finger ring Fitz_ANT gemstones green hair headdress incised intaglio intaglio cutting jewellery jewelry kalathos lotus lotus bud lotus flower magical amulet ring ringstone Roman

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