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Roman intaglio (Diana Venatrix)
Complete. Diana the huntress stands facing the right, with her left leg bent. She wears a short tunic and boots, and her hair may be tied in a knot. She has just loosed an arrow from her bow, and reaches to take another from a quiver over her shoulder. A hound leaps at her heels after the quarry. Heavy surface wear on the crown.
This is one of 88 engraved gemstones retrieved in 1979, mostly from the filling of a large drain beneath the cold hall of the fortress baths. The gemstones would originally have been set in finger-rings, and served as signets and charms or talismans for their owners. They were products of extremely skilled craftsman who worked on a minute scale without the aid of magnification. The gems are engraved with a wide range of deities, personification and symbols.
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Site Name: Caerleon Fortress Baths, Caerleon
Notes: from the site of the frigidarium at the baths
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