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Pendant: Ram's Head
Unknown525–480 B.C.
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Pendant carved in the shape of a ram's head. Four lines cross the nose and slope down toward the corners of the mouth. The horns curve out from the top of the head and around each side; they have ridges with tightly spaced grooves. The tips of the horns, now missing, would have turned outward. A filament threaded through a perforation in the collar area would have suspended the pendant.
Details
- Title: Pendant: Ram's Head
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 525–480 B.C.
- Location Created: Italy
- Physical Dimensions: 19.5 × 15.5 × 28 mm (3/4 × 5/8 × 1 1/8 in.)
- Type: Fauna
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Amber
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 76.AO.83
- Culture: Etruscan
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California, Gift of Gordon McLendon
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Jewelry
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