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necklace
;
pendant
;
bead
Object Type
necklace
pendant
bead
Museum number
1872,0604.656
Description
Necklace (probably recomposed) consisting of a) a central ram's head Phoenician type pendant of rod-formed blue, white and yellow opaque glass; b) two gold beads in the form of two truncated cones base to base, decorated with granulated meander patterns; c) ten gold pendants in the form of a female head terminating in a shell, decorated with granulation; d) twelve faience beads; e) two cylindrical faience beads, one at each end.
Cultures/periods
Etruscan
(gold)
Phoenician
(glass)
Production date
7thC BC
525BC-475BC
(Ambrosini 2015)
Production place
Made in:
Italy
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Galeassi Tomb
(?)
Materials
gold
glass
glazed composition
Technique
granulation
rod-formed
Dimensions
Height:
2.10 centimetres
(central pendant)
Length:
17.70 centimetres
Weight:
142 grammes
(incl. silk thread)
Bibliographic references
Jewellery / Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum.
(1453)
Glass / Catalogue of Greek and Roman Glass in the British Museum
(438)
Ambrosini 2015 / La tomba Galeassi di Palestrina
(P. 48, Fig. 38)
Location
On display
(G71/dc17)
Subjects
mammal
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Alessandro Castellani
Acquisition date
1872
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1872,0604.656
Conservation
Treatment
: 23 May 1990
Treatment
: 16 Oct 2012