42. Pendant: Ram’s Head chip missing from the base, which leaves the suspension hole exposed. The amber is laced with fine, widely spaced cracks. An inclusion is visible at the throat. The amber is dark brown in ambient light, perhaps due to consolidation with amber oil. There is some yellow-ocher degradation residue in the carved interstices. In transmitted light, the pendant appears dark red. Some transparency is noted in the areas of modern chips. A 2 mm horizontal perforation for suspension runs through the collar area of the back, about 1 mm below the surface. Probable metallic residue remains in the stopped bore on the proper right side of the head. Description The head is finely rendered. Incised wavy ridges on the Accession 77.AO.81.11 horns begin at the forehead and extend to the intersection Number with the tip of the ear; the remaining involution of the Culture Italic or Etruscan horn is smooth. The tips of the horn flare outward. The eyelid is distinct, with a sharp outer edge, and the eye Date 500–400 B.C. sockets are deeply bored. The cap of fleece on the poll Dimensions Length: 21 mm; width: 18 mm; depth: 15 mm; rises above the plane of the face; the separation is Weight: 33.3 g delineated by a lateral incision. Shallow cross-hatching indicates the fleece on the poll and over the neck area. Subjects Ram The depression of the throat is indicated by a faintly incised triangle under the mandible. The upper lip Provenance overhangs the lower lip, and the chin is rendered distinctly. The nostrils are incised. The ears are long, –1977, Gordon McLendon (Dallas, TX), donated to the J. straight, and narrow and lie flat on the horns, with an Paul Getty Museum, 1977. incised line visible in the middle of the ear. Condition Discussion The pendant is largely intact, except for a chip missing See the entry for 76.AO.82 (cat. no. 39). from the tip of the left horn and a large, wedge-shaped 247