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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 200 - circa 400; Classification(s): engraved gems, Magical amulet, intaglio cutting; Acquisition: bought [CG 502]
Description: Chnoubis in profile to the left wearing a crown of seven rays. This serpentine deity is placed so that its tail collapses into a tight spring-like form upon a cista mystica, around which is fitted a wreath. Reverse: inscription in two lines. | 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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