Engraved chalcedony gem, male figure wearing horse heads

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Engraved gems/scaraboid/intaglio. Male figure wearing Egyptian kilt, w. bifurcated neck & horse heads in profile to right and left, with wings and holding snake in each hand. Intaglio cutting, light brown chalcedony, height, 18 mm, width, 14 mm, depth, 2.5 mm, circa 510- circa 490 B.C. Late Archaic Greek, modified. Roman Imperial.

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Accession Number: CG 47
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 768 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 54.84kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2014:05:02 16:18:33

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5th Century 6th Century antiquity BC bifurcated chalcedony Egyptian engraved gem finger ring Fitz_ANT gem gemstones Greek heads horses incised intaglio intaglio cutting jewellery jewelry kilt Late Antique Period Late Antiquity lemon (colour) male pale yellow ring ringstone Roman Roman Imperial scaraboid serpent skirt snake tartan winged wings yellow

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