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Pendentes e colares

ca. 18th–17th century BCE
Not on view
Estes ornamentos estão entre os exemplos mais importantes de joias antigas da Mesopotâmia. Por sua variedade de estilos, ligas de ouro diversas e níveis de técnica diferentes, deve-se considerar este conjunto não como fragmentos de um único colar, mas como um acúmulo de elementos heteroclíticos. Cada pingente representa uma divindade ou um símbolo divino, que possivelmente conferia proteção contra feitiços. Talvez existisse a crença de que os deuses ou deusas representadas por símbolos estavam magicamente presentes nos pingentes.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Pendentes e colares
  • Período: Período babilônico arcaico
  • Data: ca. 1800–1600 a.C.
  • Geografia: Mesopotâmia, possivelmente procedente de Dilbat
  • Meio: Ouro
  • Dimensões: Tamanho do maior medalhão 3,6 cm
  • Linha de créditos: Fundo Fletcher, 1947
  • Número de acesso: 47.1a–h
  • Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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