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Source Description
Miniature glass pendants in a large variety of colors and shapes can be found all over the Mediterranean world and were probably produced in several glassmaking centers, including Carthage, Iran, and Syria. These objects were distributed through the expansive, widespread trade routes established by the Phoenicians. Rams were considered fertility symbols, and this pendant likely also had a protective function and was intended to ward off evil.
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Document identity
localId
17822
label
Pendant in the Shape of a Ram Head
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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17822
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object
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normalized
title
Pendant in the Shape of a Ram Head
description
Miniature glass pendants in a large variety of colors and shapes can be found all over the Mediterranean world and were probably produced in several glassmaking centers, including Carthage, Iran, and Syria. These objects were distributed through the expansive, widespread trade routes established by the Phoenicians. Rams were considered fertility symbols, and this pendant likely also had a protective function and was intended to ward off evil.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
5th-4th century BCE
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Glasswares
pendants
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1
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
7/8 in. (2.22 cm) (l.)
Source extras
med
glass
creator_ids
8118
collection_ids
GRC
JWL
exhibition_ids
1954
454
2227
2513
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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dbff8ccfee90ef7b