Engraved magnetite gem with a long-haired male figure

An image of Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: male figure with hair hanging to shoulders, standing to the front. The right hand is raised to the brow in a rigid gesture normally reserved for expressing mourning or prayer; the left arm hangs loosely by the side and holds a short sceptre or libation sprinkler. The figure is clad in a tunic-like garment which comes to just above the ankles. Traces of cross-bandaging suggests that a mummy performing some ritual is intended. The head-dress is a poorly realized hemhem crown. Reverse: inscription. Intaglio cutting, magnetite, 16 mm x 11 mm, circa 200- circa 400 AD. Roman Imperial.

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Engraved gems. Magical amulet. Obverse: male figure with hair hanging to shoulders, standing to the front. The right hand is raised to the brow in a rigid gesture normally reserved for expressing mourning or prayer; the left arm hangs loosely by the side and holds a short sceptre or libation sprinkler. The figure is clad in a tunic-like garment which comes to just above the ankles. Traces of cross-bandaging suggests that a mummy performing some ritual is intended. The head-dress is a poorly realized hemhem crown. Reverse: inscription. Intaglio cutting, magnetite, 16 mm x 11 mm, circa 200- circa 400 AD. Roman Imperial.

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Accession Number: CG 513
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: 284.14kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2014:04:25 17:07:44

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3rd Century 4th Century AD amulet antiquity clothes crown engraved gem figure Fitz_ANT gemstones hair head-dress headdress hemhem crown incised intaglio intaglio cutting long hair long haired magical amulet magnetite male ritual Roman Roman Imperial sceptre tunic

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