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Historical Archive: Fitzwilliam Archaic-Abrasax gem scaraboid cut down in Roman times, in modern ring before 1937 chalcedony, 1.8 x 1.4 x .25 cm; Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum CG 518 (Antiquities) obverse: winged figure with two horse-heads, holding serpents, Late Archaic Greek c.500 BCE reverse: magical inscription, 1st-2nd c. CE full ring obverse obverse: lower part of figure in transmitted light reverse