8th-2nd century BCE
1.6 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm (5/8 x 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Brought from Sardis; by Frederick Marquand Godwin, New York, (by 1914), by descent; to his wife Dorothy W. Godwin, New York (1914-1964), gift; to the Fogg Museum of Art, 1964. Note: Frederick M. Godwin was the photographer for the excavations at Sardis with Howard Crosby Butler in 1913 and 1914.
Steatite or chlorite
Hammered Gold
4th-3rd century BCEGreekGold
20th centuryAmericanOpaque blue-green glass
Unidentified cultureAmber and silver beads, silver filigree pendant, on metallic threads.
18th centuryBritishCopper alloy
9th-8th century BCEItalicBronze
10th-8th century BCEIranianFaience
6th-4th century BCEEgyptianLeaded bronze
2nd-1st millennium BCENear EasternGold
EtruscanCopper alloy
3rd-7th centuryRomanOpaque glass: white base layer with blue, white, and dark brown layers.