pendant
- Museum number
- 1892,0520.8
- Description
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Gold pendant showing a nature god - the "Master of Animals"; he holds two geese, and stands among lotus flowers. Behind the god are stylised bull's horns. The pendant is made of sheet gold, the decoration worked in relief, and the whole backed with a plain sheet of gold.
- Production date
- 1850BC-1550BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 6 centimetres
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Weight: 138 grains
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Width: 6.30 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Made on Crete, or by immigrant Cretan craftsmen on Aegina. Shows a strong influence from Egyptian wall-paintings.
- Location
- On display (G12/dc6)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1994 7 Sep-26 Oct, Austria, Vienna, Museen der Stadt Wien, Pharanen und Fremde
2008 18 Nov-2009 15 Mar, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 'Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C.'
- Acquisition date
- 1892
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1892,0520.8
