Aryballos pendant

Eastern Mediterranean

Date: 2-1 century BC

Monochrome glass


Aryballos- shaped with globular body and outward going rim. Translucent clear glass.
Intact, iridescent good condition. 

Height 11 mm, diameter 10 mm

For published examples in museum collections see:
- Ve´ronique Arveiller-Dulong, Marie-Dominique Nenna.  Les Verres antiques du Musée du Louvre III : Parure, instruments et éléments d’incrustation, Paris, Éditions du Louvre, Somogy, 2011, p. 152: #197-40
- D.Nenna, Exploration archeologique de Delos, 32: Les verres, Paris, Athenes, EFA, De Boccard, 1999, pl.52 # E76-79
- M.Spaer. Ancient glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects, Jerusalem, 2001, p. 163 #290-291
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 33: 68.
- Peabody Museum at Harvard University. Mecklenburg Collection # 40-77-40-11775