A Phoenician Yellow Glass Face Pendant, ca. 3rd - 1st century BCE Jewelry - Gemstones "fire-polished" surface

"fire-polished" surface

Condition:  Two small chips to the top of the head that do not detract

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

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

A Phoenician Yellow Glass Face Pendant, ca. 3rd - 1st century BCE Jewelry - Gemstones "fire-polished" surfaceMold 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