51. Pendant: Ram’s Head red, shiny, and somewhat translucent. In transmitted light, the amber is orange-red. There is an inclusion in the partially cleaned cavity at the throat. Description In profile view, the head is a rectangle, broken only by the downward slope of the nose and the downward tilt of the chin. In top or bottom view, the head is triangular. The neck section is short. The pendant terminates in a pseudo- mount decoration that is larger in circumference than the neck. The somewhat cursory portrayal of the anatomy includes a more specific description of some features. The eyes have a slight bulge above for the arch, are plastic, and display a realistically long tear duct line; the ears Accession 77.AO.81.22 show the swelling of the antitragus and the curve of the Number helix; and the chin is swelled and the throat subtly Culture Italic concave. The line of the mouth slants backward and downward. The ridges of the horns are suggested by five Date 500–400 B.C. broad grooves between the poll and the ear (the rest of Dimensions Length: 23 mm; width: 16 mm; depth: 12 mm; the horns are plain). The horn tips flare outward from the Weight: 2.2 g face. The cap of fleece is distinguished from the plane of Subjects Ram the face by a shallow incision line. The limits of the original shape of the amber nodule might Provenance be indicated by the flatness of the horns. Abrasion marks remain along the periphery of the cavity at the throat –1977, Gordon McLendon (Dallas, TX), donated to the J. area. The collar of the pseudo-mount is made up of two Paul Getty Museum, 1977. engraved lines. On the back is a bead-and-reel–like device Condition consisting of four broad vertical grooves. A 1.5 mm perforation for suspension passes laterally through the The pendant is intact except for a tiny chip on the tip of two engraved lines at the collar. the right horn. The surface retains much of its polish, Discussion even though there are many fine cracks and crazing over its entirety. Some dusty yellowish residue is evident in the This ram’s head is by a hand different from that of any incisions, and dirt or encrustation remains in the other in the Getty collection, and it has no related parallel. suspension perforation. In ambient light, the pendant is 257