Head Pendant
Head Pendant
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, probably from Phonenicia or Carthage
Date6th-5th century BCE
DimensionsLength: 1 in. (2.5 cm); Width: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm); Depth; 5/8 in. (1.6 cm)
MediumRod-formed; tooled and applied features and suspension ring.
ClassificationJewelry
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1976.60
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Collections
Published ReferencesSeefried, Monique, Les pendentifs en verre sur noyau des pays de la Mediterranee antique, Collection de l'Ecole Francaise de Rome, no. 57, Rome, 1982, p. 134, no. E Ic 3, fig. 6.
- Glass
Grose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B.C. to A.D. 50, New York, Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 46, p. 89, repr. (col.) p. 71.
Late 6th-5th century BCE
Late 6th through 5th centuries BCE
6th through 5th centuries BCE
Late seventh through fifth centuries BCE
Fifth or fourth centuries BCE
Late 6th-3rd century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Late 6th - 3rd century BCE
Late seventh through fifth centuries BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
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