Engraved gem, scarab with a lion and an ibex

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Engraved gems/Scarab/Intaglio Cutting. Lion, leaping onto back of goat/ibex, in profile to left. Green steatite, height 15 mm, width 11.5 mm, depth 7.5 mm, circa 600-501 B.C. Phoenician, Greek influence.

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Accession Number: CG.9
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 774 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 46.29kB
Exposure time: 1/180
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 16/1

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6th Century Ancient Greece animals antiquity BC engraved gem Fitz_ANT gemstones goats Greek ibex intaglio intaglio cutting lions Phoenician scarab scaraboid scaraboid seal seal seal impression soapstone steatite

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