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Engraved jasper gem with Helioserapis and an eagle

Image attached to CG 312

An image of Engraved gems/Ringstone. Bust of Helioserapis in profile to the right. Below, an eagle stands with outspread wings. The surrounding legend, partially removed by cutting down reads 'One Zeus Serapis'. Intaglio cutting, red jasper, 13 mm x 10 mm, circa 100-circa 200 AD. Roman Imperial.

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Engraved gems/Ringstone. Bust of Helioserapis in profile to the right. Below, an eagle stands with outspread wings. The surrounding legend, partially removed by cutting down reads 'One Zeus Serapis'. Intaglio cutting, red jasper, 13 mm x 10 mm, circa 100-circa 200 AD. Roman Imperial.

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  • Accession Number: CG 312
  • 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: 328.07kB
  • Exposure time: 1/15
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2014:04:30 11:51:15

Key words

1st Century 2nd Century AD antiquity birds crown deity eagles engraved gem Fitz_ANT gemstones gods heads incised intaglio intaglio cutting jasper male mythological mythology profile red ring ringstone Roman Roman Imperial Sarapis Serapis solar crown sun crown winged wings

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rgb(205,85,50), rgb(248,246,243), rgb(235,149,129), rgb(243,175,157), rgb(112,47,31), rgb(216,114,90), rgb(145,66,46), rgb(238,133,105), rgb(171,60,30), rgb(204,172,180), rgb(212,180,172)

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