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Roman gemstone portrait, 1st century AD (lemmy.world)
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[–] Theonetheycall1845@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Her name is Amber. /s

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 4 points 10 months ago

I've Heard of her

[–] CheeryLBottom@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Wow, wonderful detail

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

https://imperiumromanum.pl/en/curiosities/roman-gemstone-with-portrait-of-woman/

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

This is fantastic. Very lifelike.

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 5 points 10 months ago

I wonder how it's kept to preserve such details over the millennia

[–] Mysticpickle@lemmy.cafe 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This looks like urinal cake art

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Haha I was thinking it looked like a cough drop