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Engraved lapis gem with Harpocrates

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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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