Engraved jasper gem with an anguipede

An image of Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Chnoubis with animals, birds and snakes. Reverse: Cock-headed anguipede. Intaglio cutting, jasper, 201-300 AD. Roman.

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Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Chnoubis with animals, birds and snakes. Reverse: Cock-headed anguipede. Intaglio cutting, jasper, 201-300 AD. Roman.

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Accession Number: Loan Ant.103.676
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: 418.22kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2014:04:25 11:40:01

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