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| Keywords: Punic - Pendant in the Shape of a Ram Head - Walters 4797 - Profile.jpg Miniature glass pendants in a large variety of colors and shapes can be found all over the Mediterranean world and were probably produced in several glassmaking centers including Carthage Iran and Syria These objects were distributed through the expansive widespread trade routes established by the Phoenicians Rams were considered fertility symbols and this pendant likely also had a protective function and was intended to ward off evil century 5 4 BC glass cm 2 22 l accession number 47 97 17822 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1913 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 3000 Years of Glass Treasures from The Walters Art Gallery The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1982 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2006-2009 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry El Paso Museum of Art El Paso 2010 place of origin Eastern Mediterranean Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek art in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Punics Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
