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Translucent blue and opaque yellow.
Oval with irregular flat back; vertical hole under chin. No trace of suspension loop at the top of the head.
Round face with deep-set eye sockets and prominent nose.
Broken around top of head, with weathered edges; dulling, pitting, and slight iridescent weathering.
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Title: Glass head pendant
Period: Hellenistic
Date: 3rd–2nd century BCE
Culture: Phoenician or Carthaginian
Medium: Glass; molded and rod-formed
Dimensions: Other: 3/4 x 9/16 x 7/16 in. (1.8 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.194.644
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