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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 300 - circa 500; Classification(s): engraved gems, Magical amulet, intaglio cutting; Acquisition: bought [CG 511]
Description: obverse: a horseman, wearing a tunic and flying chlamys, reining back his horse to the right, about to trample upon a transfix with a lance a prostrate female figure. This victim is naked; her legs are separated and arms raised as if to ward off the blow; her hair is long and knotted. directly in front of the horseman's face is a star, and in an arch over his head a series of dashes possibly meant as the usual inscription on such amulets. reverse: inscription of three 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=fourth or fifth century A.D.; start=300; end=500 | 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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