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Translucent amber yellow.
Oval disk with thick rounded edge on right half; uneven, flat bottom; pierced suspension loop applied to front of disk, folded over, and pressed on to back edge.
On obverse, off-center circular stamp with lion in relief walking to right; in field above, two stars flanking crescent moon.
Intact; some pitting of surface bubbles and brilliant iridescent weathering.
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Title: Glass pendant with lion
Period: Late Imperial
Date: 4th–5th century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; stamped and tooled
Dimensions: Diam.: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915
Object Number: 15.43.201
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