12. Pendant: Satyr Head in Profile loose flakes; some surface flake losses are 1 mm deep. Before the pendant entered the Getty Museum, the surface was treated with a surface consolidant, likely in an attempt to strengthen it. (This probably contributed to the overall cracking pattern, causing further surface deterioration and shrinkage.) In ambient light, the pendant is light to dark brown, with some areas of translucency. In the places where modern chips have exposed the interior, it is dark orange and translucent. In transmitted light, the amber is bright red-orange. There are various inclusions. Description The pendant is a large piece of amber, relatively flat on the reverse and rounded on the obverse. It represents the head and partial neck of a satyr in profile, facing right. The short, rounded forehead is modeled with a brow ridge and an eyefold in a manner close to the appearance of a human. The almond-shaped eye is plastically modeled, following the curve of the head. The eyeball area is recessed from the upper and lower lids. The lids are represented as filletlike lines and are of equal Accession 83.AO.202.1 thickness. The upper lid line is more arched than the Number lower one, and overlaps it at the outer canthus. The short, upturned nose is deeply indented at the root, is rounded Culture Etruscan at the tip, and includes carefully modeled wings and Date 525–480 B.C. nares. Rather small in proportion to the rest of the face, the long, teardrop-shaped ear is plastically modeled; the Dimensions Height: 65 mm; width: 68 mm; depth: 35 mm; tip is acute. Weight: 53.4 g Subjects Dionysos, cult of (also Satyr); Inclusions A long mustache begins just under the nose. It is articulated with sweeping engraved lines, curving at the Provenance upper part and more horizontal below. The mustache overlaps the beard. The beard juts forward and ends in a –1983, Antike Kunst Palladion (Basel, Switzerland); 1983, rounded point. Closely engraved lines, straighter in front Vasek Polak, 1914–97 (Hermosa Beach, CA), donated to the and more curved at the jaw, represent the beard hairs. A J. Paul Getty Museum, 1983. shallow ridge marks it off clearly from both the face and the neck. Just below the lower lip of the small mouth is Condition carved a small patch of beard. Small sections in the hair at the front top and reverse of In front of the ear and surrounding the face are two rows the head are broken off. The amber surface is in poor of hair rolls, separated by a raised, filletlike line. At the condition, with an extensive network of cracking and loss, forehead, the hair rolls bulge slightly, giving them the mostly on the reverse. The surface is fragile, with many impression of volume. The lines defining the hairs in the 162