6. Pendant: Paired Lions cracks and has overall crazing and pitting. In ambient light, the piece is translucent and dark brownish black; in transmitted light, it is translucent and orange. There are some small fissures but no visible inclusions. Before entering the Getty Museum, the pendant is reported to have been mechanically cleaned. Description Although the two sides of the pendant are nearly identical, the side with fewer natural flaws is here designated the obverse. The pendant is composed of two compactly designed reguardant lions in repose that are book-matched along their ventral surfaces. At the top, functioning as a suspension device between the two felines, is a protrusion of amber. At the bottom is a section of amber that, together with the encircling tails, forms a calyxlike base. On the reverse are two crevices, a deep, polished groove extending from the chest to the flank and a smaller indentation near the knee, both resulting from the removal of a fissure or inclusions before the pendant was figured. Other traces of manufacture—the engraved lines, scraped areas, and multidirectional abrasion marks—can be seen around the muzzles, haunches, and legs, and near Accession 77.AO.81.3 the base of the tails. A drill was used for the interstices Number between the pads and toes of the lions’ feet and at the Culture Etruscan corners of their mouths. The pendant has a triangular set of suspension perforations, each 2 mm in diameter. One Date 600–550 B.C. extends laterally between the forepaws and intersects Dimensions Height: 56 mm; width: 82 mm; depth: 20 mm; with two others, each of which goes from the top of the Diameter of perforation holes: 2 mm; Weight: pendant (in the middle of the flange) to an exit of the 54.4 g lateral bore. When strung, the pendant would have hung Subjects Egypt; Lion with the lions’ heads at the top. Discussion Provenance There is no exact parallel for this pendant. 77.AO.81.3 –1977, Gordon McLendon (Dallas, TX), donated to the J. belongs to the same Getty group as 77.AO.84 (cat. no. 1), Paul Getty Museum, 1977. 77.AO.85(cat. no. 2), 77.AO.81.1 (cat. no. 3), 77.AO.82 (cat. no. 4), and 77.AO.81.2 (cat. no. 5). The lions of 77.AO.81.3 Condition are nearly identical with the lion of 77.AO.81.2 and to a pair of amber lions’ heads in the Louvre.1 They are also The pendant is in a good state of preservation. The generally related in style to the hares of 77.AO.82. As is surface is firm and stable, although it is laced with many discussed in the entry for Addorsed Females (77.AO.81.1), 126