Engraved carnelian gem with prancing monkeys

An image of Engraved gems/ringstone/intaglio. Two prancing monkeys. Border of six little crosses (= stars). Production Place: Iran. Intaglio cutting, carnelian, height 15 mm, width 11.5 mm, circa 300- circa 400 AD. Sassanian.

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Engraved gems/ringstone/intaglio. Two prancing monkeys. Border of six little crosses (= stars). Production Place: Iran. Intaglio cutting, carnelian, height 15 mm, width 11.5 mm, circa 300- circa 400 AD. Sassanian.

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Accession Number: CG 911
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: 230.58kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2014:04:30 10:50:30

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4th Century AD amulet animals antiquity carnelian chimp cornelian engraved gem Fitz_ANT gem gemstones incised intaglio intaglio cutting Iranian magical amulet monkeys Neo-Persian Empire orange prancing red ring ringstone Sasanian Empire Sasanid Sassanian Empire Sassanid

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