Head Pendant or Bead
Head Pendant or Bead
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, Syria or Palestine
DateLate 6th-3rd century BCE
DimensionsLength: 1 in. (2.5 cm); Width: 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); Depth; 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
MediumGlass; rod-formed, tooled and applied features and suspension ring.
ClassificationJewelry
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1976.59
Not on View
DescriptionSmall pendant in the likeness of a bearded male head. Dark blue ground with an opaque yellow face; dark blue rounded beard and vertical suspension ring; diagonally twisted dark blue and opaque white headband; ears with upper sections in opaque yellow, lower sections in opaque white; opaque white lips; opaque white eyes with dark blue centers. Cylindrical shape.
Published ReferencesGrose, David, 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, 1989, p. 88, cat. no. 42.
6th through 5th centuries BCE
Late 6th - 3rd century BCE
Sixth through fifth centuries BCE
Late seventh through fifth centuries BCE
Late seventh through fifth centuries BCE
Fifth or fourth centuries BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Late 6th-5th century BCE
6th-5th century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
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