Engraved greywacke gem with Anubis

An image of Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: Anubis standing with his body to the front and his head and feet turned left; his arms are behind his back or missing. The jackal-headed god wears a short skirt and, upon his head, a large lotus bud, or spherical orb and uraei. Ground line. There is a legend to the left and right of the figure. The reverse is blank. Intaglio cutting, greywacke, 19 mm x 14.5 mm, circa 100-circa 300 AD. Roman Imperial.

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Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: Anubis standing with his body to the front and his head and feet turned left; his arms are behind his back or missing. The jackal-headed god wears a short skirt and, upon his head, a large lotus bud, or spherical orb and uraei. Ground line. There is a legend to the left and right of the figure. The reverse is blank. Intaglio cutting, greywacke, 19 mm x 14.5 mm, circa 100-circa 300 AD. Roman Imperial.

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Accession Number: CG 512
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 768 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 86.21kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2014:05:02 14:36:25

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2nd Century 3rd Century AD amulet antiquity Anubis deity engraved gem finger ring Fitz_ANT gemstones gods greywacke incised inscribed inscriptions intaglio intaglio cutting jackal jewellery jewelry language lotus lotus bud lotus flower magical amulet mythological mythology religion religious ring ringstone Roman Roman Imperial script skirt snake texts uraei Uraeus writing Yinepu

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