Engraved jasper gem with a shrimp and fish

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Engraved gems/Ringstone. A shrimp and small fish both in profile to the left. Intaglio cutting, red jasper, 12 mm x 9 mm, circa 0-circa 200 AD. Roman Imperial.

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Accession Number: CG 379
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 105
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 683 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 43.82kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2014:04:30 11:59:55

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1st Century 2nd Century AD antiquity crustacea crustacean engraved gem Fitz_ANT gemstones incised intaglio intaglio cutting jasper prawns red ring ringstone Roman Roman Imperial shrimp

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