Italy (Bolsena)

Gold Pendant (Third Pendant of the Etruscan Set)

2727

Crafted during the Orientalizing period, specifically the first half of the 7th century B.C. (circa 700–650 B.C.).

Created as a high-status elite personal ornament and apotropaic amulet, worn by aristocratic Etruscan women as part of ceremonial jewelry assemblages deposited in princely tombs to signal wealth and protect the wearer.