Roman intaglio of a nude young warrior

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Engraved Gems/Ringstone. Profile of a nude young warrior wearing only a helmet and chlamys, holding a shield. To his left stands a column entwined by a serpent on top of which sits a bird. Intaglio cutting, red-brown cornelian, height 15, mm, width 11 mm, depth 4 mm, circa 200- circa 100 B.C. Roman Republican.

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Accession Number: CG 133
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/40.0
Focal length: 105
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 904 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 100.41kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 40/1
Captured: 2017:02:22 12:38:13

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2nd Century Ancient Rome antiquity BC birds cape carnelian chlamys columns cornelian engraved gem ephaptis finger ring gem gemstones helmet intaglio male nude nude ring ringstone Roman Roman Republic serpent shield snake warriors young youth

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