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DefinitionIntaglio gem
MaterialCornelian
Dimensions12mm high, 9mm wide, 2mm thick
Description Etched in the oval of red carnelian is a finely-detailed eagle, three-quarters out to the right with folded wings and tail fanned. It perches upon a rounded altar, head turned back to the left, a laurel wreathborne in its protruding beak. A crescent moon hangs upturned beneath the wreath, paired with an eight-pointed star to the upper right, beneath which floats a sceptre bound with a ribbon.
State of Conservationgood
ComparandaSena Chiesa 1966, gem 1259; Henig 1974, 689-91.

Context VM_5289
- DefinitionBlack burn layer under 5285 and over road in W half of trench