Engraved schist gem with Horus

An image of Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: Horus. Reverse: Inscription. Intaglio cutting, schist, 201-400 AD. Roman.

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Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: Horus. Reverse: Inscription. Intaglio cutting, schist, 201-400 AD. Roman.

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Accession Number: Loan Ant.103.673
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/29.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 768 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
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Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2014:05:07 10:55:57

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3rd Century 4th Century _WF_Lewis_Collection _WF_Loan_Corpus AD amulet antiquity deity divine Egyptian engraved gem finger ring Fitz_ANT gemstones gods grey Harpocrates Heru Horus incised intaglio intaglio cutting jewellery jewelry magical amulet male metamorphic rock mythological mythology Ra religion ring ringstone Roman schist seated sitting

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