Glass pendant in the form of a ram's head
Opaque white, with additions in opaque yellow and translucent blue; suspension loop in opaque white.
Shaped like the head of a ram; irregular suspension loop applied to back; rod hole underneath.
Applied eyes as blue knobs applied over yellow circles, horns on top of head, nostrils and mouth in yellow.
Intact except for horns and small chips on both sides of face, and most of yellow applied to nostrils and mouth missing; dulling, pitting and iridescent weathering, with thick black weathering inside rod hole.
Shaped like the head of a ram; irregular suspension loop applied to back; rod hole underneath.
Applied eyes as blue knobs applied over yellow circles, horns on top of head, nostrils and mouth in yellow.
Intact except for horns and small chips on both sides of face, and most of yellow applied to nostrils and mouth missing; dulling, pitting and iridescent weathering, with thick black weathering inside rod hole.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass pendant in the form of a ram's head
- Period: Late Classical
- Date: 4th century BCE
- Culture: Phoenician or Carthaginian
- Medium: Glass; rod-formed, applied, and tooled
- Dimensions: Other: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1968
- Object Number: 68.11.45
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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