Necklace Amulet of the Goddess Al-Lat in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 2019

Necklace with amulet of the goddess al-Lat,1st century B.C.–mid 1st century A.D.


Object Details

Date: 1st century B.C.–mid 1st century A.D.

Geography: Southwestern Arabia, Timna'

Medium: Gold

Dimensions: Pendant: H. 1 1/4 × W. 1 9/16 × D. 1/16 in.; Chain L. 4 7/16 × Diam. 3/8 in. (3.1 × 4 × 0.1 × 11.2 × 0.9 cm)

Classification: Metalwork-Ornaments

Credit Line: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Gift of the American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection), S2013.2.339


Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/759595