A Greek Gold Heart Shaped Pendant, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd - 1st century BCE Byzantine This beautiful intaglio is carved

This beautiful intaglio is carved in a piece of bright blue and green striped mosaic glass

His role was to help revivify the corpse of the dead person

No restoration observed

The original pendant was found inside a gilded chest in the king's treasury

Undergraduate Humanities Forum 2005-6: Word & Image

A Greek Gold Heart Shaped Pendant, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd - 1st century BCE Byzantine This beautiful intaglio is carvedFinely worked high karat gold pendant of heart shaped form with a softly bifurcated base, richly decorated with applied granulation. Concentric borders of minute gold beads frame a textured central field, where the granules are arranged in a more fluid, organic pattern, reflecting the increasingly expressive surface treatment characteristic of Hellenistic goldwork. The composition balances structure and ornament, with the granulation serving as both