A Phoenician Yellow Glass Face Pendant, ca. 3rd - 1st century BCE Jewelry - Gemstones Condition: The vessel is intact

Condition: The vessel is intact and in excellent condition overall

Important Sinu people bedecked themselves in assemblages of gold for adornment and to display insignia - both living and dead

Louvre 3 #17-19

blending technical innovation with artistic refinement

The curved grinding plate on this volcanic stone metate is decorated on the underside in raised relief with a central stylized figure having a human body and rectangular head

A Phoenician Yellow Glass Face Pendant, ca. 3rd - 1st century BCE Jewelry - Gemstones Condition: The vessel is intactMold formed, the tiny glass pendant features a face with protruding nose and wide mouth. Similar examples also feature twisted headbands with hair curls over each ear. Such pendants were made across the Levant. Note: From the Israeli Museum: small head pendants, some possible late Hellenistic date (3rd C BCE). They differ not only stylistically but also technically from the others (listed), as the faces were mold formed with subsequent applied colored