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1998 Gloria Petyarre
and the jaguar represented the earth
The crescent (lunula) shape
2006 Wynne Prize
The plate stands on three cylindrical legs for stability
A Parthian Gold Pendant, ca. 247 BCE - 224 CE Amulets - Protection 1998 Gloria PetyarreThis ancient gold pendant was originally an earring and is in the shape of a flat crescent, decorated with gold wire wrapped around the sides and three granule clusters. Two are in the shape of grape clusters, and the central grouping is a ring of granules with one in the middle. Throughout the Parthian Empire, many objects, including jewelry, featured iconography associated with Dionysos, the Greek god of wine, whose cult spread eastward after
