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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