Engraved carnelian gem with two monkeys

An image of Engraved Gems/Ringstone. Two monkeys with long tails, prancing on their hind legs. Intaglio cutting, carnelian, 12 mm x 10 mm, circa 400-circa 500 AD. Sassanian.

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Engraved Gems/Ringstone. Two monkeys with long tails, prancing on their hind legs. Intaglio cutting, carnelian, 12 mm x 10 mm, circa 400-circa 500 AD. Sassanian.

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Accession Number: CG 416
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: 265.64kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2014:05:02 12:53:17

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4th Century 5th Century AD animals antiquity carnelian chimp cornelian dancers dancing engraved gem Fitz_ANT gemstones incised intaglio intaglio cutting monkeys Neo-Persian Empire orange prancing ring ringstone Sasanian Dynasty Sasanian Empire Sasanid Sassanian Empire Sassanid

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