Engraved jasper gem with a figure in a skirt

An image of Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: a roughly-incised figure in a flounced skirt, with widely flung arms (?) which appear to end in small rods. On either side is a curled motif. The reverse is left blank. Intaglio cutting, jasper, 13 mm x 11 mm, circa 300-circa 500 AD. Roman Imperial.

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Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: a roughly-incised figure in a flounced skirt, with widely flung arms (?) which appear to end in small rods. On either side is a curled motif. The reverse is left blank. Intaglio cutting, jasper, 13 mm x 11 mm, circa 300-circa 500 AD. Roman Imperial.

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Accession Number: CG 516
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: 259.11kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2014:04:25 16:10:02

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4th Century 5th Century AD amulet antiquity engraved gem figure Fitz_ANT flounce flounced gemstones incised intaglio intaglio cutting jasper magical amulet red Roman Roman Imperial skirt

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