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Daedalic Pendant with Potnia Theron (Mistress of Animals)

650–600 BCE
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gold and glass
Overall: 3 x 2 cm (1 3/16 x 13/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1999.88
Location: 102B Greek
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The small loops at the bottom of the pendants probably held chains attached to pomegranate-shaped beads.

Description

This pendant shows the goddess Potnia Theron, the “mistress of the animals,” a deity sometimes associated with the Greek goddess Artemis. The goddess stands in a frontal pose with upswept wings, one curving above each shoulder. Each of her fists closes around the leash of a rearing feline. This piece is one of two nearly identical pendants in the collection (1999.88 and 2001.157) that were probably originally from the same necklace.
Daedalic Pendant with Potnia Theron (Mistress of Animals)

Daedalic Pendant with Potnia Theron (Mistress of Animals)

650–600 BCE

Eastern Greece, Rhodian

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