A Western Asiatic Gold Pendant, ca. early 1st millennium BCE vests Holds can and food tins

Holds can and food tins up to 2

Carved from brilliant blue lapis lazuli

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A Western Asiatic Gold Pendant, ca. early 1st millennium BCE vests Holds can and food tinsOf high karat gold, the sheet disk embossed with three reclining rams, centered by a hemispherical knob, the knob outlined in pinched dots, the disk surmounted by a suspension loop. This gold pendant attests to the exceptional skill of Achaemenid goldsmiths. Greek writers often speak of the tremendous wealth of the Persians, and Herodotus writes that King Xerxes' troops "were adorned with the greatest magnificence they glittered all over with gold,