47. Pendant: Ram’s Head Condition The pendant is intact, with only small chips missing from the tip of the left ear and the tips of both horns. The amber is laced with cracks. The piece has been treated with amber oil. The pendant surface is a dull, blackish red. In transmitted light, subsurface cracking is visible and the pendant is deep red. Description This pendant is nearly identical to the previous example (77.AO.81.16, cat. no. 46), with similar line engraving. However, the underside of this head is subtly marked by a Accession 77.AO.81.17 slight depression along the line of the throat. Number The 1 mm perforation for suspension passes through the Culture Italic neck portion of the pendant; fragments of metal possibly remain in the holes. Date 500–400 B.C. Discussion Dimensions Length: 30.5 mm; width: 18.5 mm; depth: 13 mm; Weight: 3.9 g The differences between this pendant and 77.AO.81.16 are Subjects Ram slight: this pendant weighs slightly more and is minutely shorter in length and wider. This pendant reveals the Provenance removal of a fault in the amber in the underside of the head. It also retains fragments of metal in the perforation. –1977, Gordon McLendon (Dallas, TX), donated to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1977. 253