Ram Amulet

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Object Name: 
Ram Amulet
Place Made: 
Egypt
Accession Number: 
56.1.28
Dimensions: 
Overall L: 2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
600-201 BCE
Primary Description: 
Translucent deep blue glass, highly iridescent with some brown weathering crust, as above but smaller. Irregular, roughly flat-backed amulet.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Ross, John G., Source
1956
Color: 
Translucent deep blue

Publications (2)

Glass Animals: 3,500 Years of Artistry and Design (1988) illustrated, p. 18  (middle row); BIB# 32200
Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1979) p. 164, #411; BIB# 29547