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Daedalic Pendant with Potnia Theron (Mistress of Animals)

650–600 BCE
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Eastern Greece, Rhodian

Medium
gold and glass
Measurements
Overall: 3 x 2 cm (1 3/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1999.88
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Location
102B Greek
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The small loops at the bottom of the pendants probably held chains attached to pomegranate-shaped beads.

Description

This pendant shows the goddess Potnia Theron, the “mistress of the animals,” a deity sometimes associated with the Greek goddess Artemis. The goddess stands in a frontal pose with upswept wings, one curving above each shoulder. Each of her fists closes around the leash of a rearing feline. This piece is one of two nearly identical pendants in the collection (1999.88 and 2001.157) that were probably originally from the same necklace.
A rectangular gold and glass pendant features a central scene of a winged figure in a banded garment, flanked by two animals on their hind legs. Her arms extend toward the animals while her wings arch toward the upper corners. A scalloped border inlaid with blue and green glass surrounds the scene. A cylindrical loop sits at the top center, and two small rings hang below.

Daedalic Pendant with Potnia Theron (Mistress of Animals)

650–600 BCE

Eastern Greece, Rhodian

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