Collection Item – Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities

< Collection search
< Collection highlights

From:UC Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities

Name/TitlePendant

About this objectSteatite pendant. The pendant is a very pale blue with a shiny surface. There has been some slight damage at the top and a chip has been taken from the surface on one side. The pendant is round in section, flat at the top and slightly curved at the bottom. It is pierced crossways near the top with another hole joining it from the top to form an inverted T.

Date Madeca. 20th century BC

PeriodEarly Cypriote

Place MadeCyprus

Place NotesExcavated from Karmi - Palealona tomb 8.

Medium and MaterialsStone

Style and IconographyCypriote

TechniqueCarving (processes)

MeasurementsLength 41mm

Subject and Association KeywordsClothing and dress

Subject and Association KeywordsMourning customs

Named CollectionThe James Logie Memorial Collection, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Credit LineDonated by the Melbourne University Cyprus Expedition, care of Dr J.B. Hennessy, University of Sydney, 1973.

Object TypeCostume

Object number151.73