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Cameo Gem by Unknown

Cameo Gem

1st century A.D.

Agate, brown on white

J. Paul Getty Museum

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A carved cameo gem displays Roman numerals XV and VIII on a white background against a black void. Roman numeral: XVIII [eighteen]. The back of the gem is flat. Spier, Jeffrey. Ancient Gems and Finger Rings: Catalogue of the Collections (Malibu: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1992), no. 438.

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gem cameo centered symmetry shallow space frontal view roman numerals engraving stone black ivory neutral stark

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