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IRON AGE BRONZE RAM’S-HEAD AMULET PENDANT
Date: 8th century BCE
Material: Bronze
Dimensions: 30 × 10 mm
Condition: Small tip of the left horn lost in antiquity. Green patina with areas of surface encrustation.
Pendant in the form of a stylised ram’s head, with an elongated muzzle and curled horns. A suspension loop behind the head bears ribbed decoration arranged in a herringbone pattern.
For a similar pendant in the British Museum collection see:
Curtis, J., and Kruszynski, M. 2002. Ancient Caucasian and Related Material in the British Museum. British Museum Occasional Paper 121. London: British Museum, cat. no. 12, inv. no. 1913,1215.31.