Engraved carnelian gem with Aphrodite, by Aulos

An image of Engraved gems/ringstone/intaglio cutting. Aulos, artist. Aphrodite seated on rocks holding a rod which is being grasped by a nude boy. Another child clutches her left arm. Carnelian, height 21 mm, width 15 mm, depth 3 mm, circa 100 B.C. to circa 70 B.C. Augustan-Court School.

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Engraved gems/ringstone/intaglio cutting. Aulos, artist. Aphrodite seated on rocks holding a rod which is being grasped by a nude boy. Another child clutches her left arm. Carnelian, height 21 mm, width 15 mm, depth 3 mm, circa 100 B.C. to circa 70 B.C. Augustan-Court School.

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Accession Number: CG 167
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 926 pixels
Image width: 812 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 248.96kB
Exposure time: 1/45
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 19/1

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1st Century antiquity Aphrodite Augustan-Court School Aulos BC carnelian child children cornelian Court School engraved gem female female nude finger ring gem gems gemstones goddess gods gold intaglio intaglio cutting jewellery mythological mythology nude ring ringstone rocks rod Roman seated sitting Venus

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