Dolphin pendant
The dolphin motif is frequent in Hellenistic and Roman iconography. This hollow element has two loops on the underside at right angles to the direction of its body. It may have been part of a necklace of linked elements, a style that belongs in the later Roman Period.
Artwork Details
- Title: Dolphin pendant
- Period: Roman Period
- Date: 2nd–3rd century
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Gold
- Dimensions: H. 3.9 × W. 1 cm (1 9/16 × 3/8 in.)
- Credit Line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
- Object Number: 10.130.1520
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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