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Roman intaglio (Bonus Eventus or huntsman)
Complete. A naked male figure (either Bonus Eventus or a huntsman) stands facing to the right, leaning with his left elbow on a column. In his left hand he holds a hare and balances a crook in his right hand behind him; from this arm also hangs drapery. In front and to right may be a brazier raised off the ground by a single-legged stand. Shows only very slight wear on the convex surface.
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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