Condition: Minor chips to the surface and one lost inlay
New York (acquisition number 15
capturing the animal's grace and strength
Such beads adorned elaborate broad collars and garlands placed upon the living and the dead
Funerary cones were architectural elements embedded into the mudbrick façade above the entrances of elite Theban tomb chapels
A Roman Gold Luna Pendant, Roman Imperial Period, 3rd - 4th century CE Vessels - Varia Condition: Minor chips to theThis finely crafted gold pendant is fashioned as a lunula, or crescent moon, one of the most enduring protective amulets worn by women and girls throughout the Roman Empire. The crescent represented the waxing and waning moon and was closely associated with feminine identity, fertility, renewal, and the divine protection of the moon goddess, often identified with Diana or Luna. Lunulae were typically presented to girls in childhood and worn throughout