Glass double-headed pendant with gold hoop

Punic, Western Mediterranean

Not on view

Pendant:
Translucent honey brown.
Oval disk with flat projecting flange around heads; trailed ring for suspension hoop attached to top of disk; pierced vertical hole at bottom of disk.
The two heads are very similar but not identical: hair arranged in two rows of knobby curls; irregular lines running across forehead; eyes with pupils; drooping mustache and facial hair on cheeks.
Complete, except for chip to one side of hole under chin; dulling and patches of weathering.

Glass double-headed pendant with gold hoop, Gold, glass, Punic, Western Mediterranean

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Glass double-headed pendant with gold hoop, Gold, glass, Punic, Western Mediterranean
Glass double-headed pendant with gold hoop, Gold, glass, Punic, Western Mediterranean

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