Object type
pendant
Fabric
pre-Roman Mediterranean glass
Culture/period
Protohistory and Iberian world
Materials
glass paste
Technique
mouldinging on a stem
Mint
Production date
-400 / -300
Current location
Reserva provisonal
Archaeological site
Turó del Montgrós
Township
Brull, el (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Barcelona, Osona)
Dimensions
38 x 21 mm
Description
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Punic pendant made of pre-Roman glass or glass paste, located in archaeological levels in the fourth century BC Iberian town of Turó del Montgrós (el Brull, Osona, Barcelona) in 1987, in a room behind the wall.
It is in the shape of a bearded man's head and only the left side of the face is preserved. Another fragment recovered at the site corresponds to the rear. On a sky blue background, the beard, eye and eyebrow are highlighted in dark blue; the mouth and face are yellow and the cornea of the eye is white. The inner part of the pendant is empty, like a cylinder. At the top of the specimens that are found complete there is a small ring to thread the pendant on a necklace.
These types of objects were produced by Phoenician and Punic populations and were highly prized in the Mediterranean. They were probably used as amulets to protect their owners from misfortune and to bring good luck.
Image
3D Model
© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID
2575