Glass head pendant. Culture: Phoenician or Carthaginian. Dimensions: 2 1/8 × 1 3/8 × 7/8 in. (5.4 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm). Date: ca. 450-300 B.C..Translucent pale yellow brown, with additions in opaque yellow, translucent pale yellow brown and blue.Cylindrical with large rod hole at bottom; horizontal rounded edge at back, U-shaped large front projecting downwards; applied suspension loop on top of head.Applied row of large curls across forehead in brown, extending back across top of head; upper half of face in yellow, with long blue eyebrows meeting across bridge of nose, blue and yellow stratified eyes, and long slender applied nose; mouth concealed by beard of long radiating curls; trails to sides of head for ears.Intact, but crack in back of head and part of two curls on forehead missing; dulling, pitting, creamy enamel-like weathering, and some iridescence.Bearded. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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