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Phoenician glass face mask amulet

A brown or black glass pendant decorated to either side with an opaque yellow mask of a man with a long nose and applied black eyes.

Egypt, Phoenician, 4th to 1st Century BC

Intact, mounted with a 20th century gold suspension loop

Size: 1.7 x 1.2 cms

Ex. Private collection, USA. Acquired in Egypt in 1958.