Glass head pendant

Phoenician or Carthaginian

Not on view

Translucent blue, opaque streaky red, and opaque white.
Oval with irregular flat back; two spiral trails applied to sides of head with headband across forehead; vertical hole under chin; remains of suspension loop on top of the head.
Eyes as small circles of applied blue glass and ears as applied coils of red glass; indistinct features apart from snub nose; headband decorated with spiral trails in red, blue, and white.
Intact except for suspension loop and chip in headband; dulling, slight pitting, and brownish enamel-like weathering.

Glass head pendant, Glass, Phoenician or Carthaginian

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