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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 200 - circa 400; Classification(s): engraved gems, Magical amulet, intaglio cutting; Acquisition: bought by Leake, W.M [CG 499]
Description: obverse: Chnoubis, the lion-headed serpent, with its head in profile to the left and nimbed with seven rays. The tail of the deity is not coiled, as is usual, but stretched out and slightly curved. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | engraved gems Magical amulet Unknown | Temporal: | name=third or fourth century A.D.; start=200; end=400 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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