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Engraved jasper gem with a crab

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An image of Engraved gems. Magical amulet. A crab seen from above, holding between its claws a legend. Reverse: a central legend BAPXA. Around the edge of the stone is a vowel series. Intaglio cutting, red jasper, 22 mm, 17 mm, circa 300- circa 500. Roman Imperial.

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Engraved gems. Magical amulet. A crab seen from above, holding between its claws a legend. Reverse: a central legend BAPXA. Around the edge of the stone is a vowel series. Intaglio cutting, red jasper, 22 mm, 17 mm, circa 300- circa 500. Roman Imperial.

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  • Accession Number: CG 507
  • 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: 115.14kB
  • Exposure time: 1/15
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2014:04:25 11:15:36

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4th Century 5th Century AD amulet antiquity crab crustacea crustacean engraved gem Fitz_ANT gemstones incised inscribed inscriptions intaglio intaglio cutting jasper language legend legends magical amulet red Roman Roman Imperial script texts writing

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