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Crescent

Sales price $200.00
Islamic glass crescent pendant 390MA, 8-9 centuryGlass crescent pendant 390MA
Islamic glass crescent pendant 390MA, 8-9 centuryIslamic glass crescent pendant 390MAa, 8-9 centuryIslamic glass crescent pendant 390MAb, 8-9 century
Description

360MA
Islamic crescent pendant         
Date: 8-9 century AD
Monochrome glass

Crescent shape with a loop at the top. Translucent light greenish-blue glass.
Intact, good condition.
Height 13 mm, diameter 13 mm


For published examples see:
-  V.Kovalevskaya, Komputernaya obrabotka massovogo arhaeologicheskogo materiala is rannesrednevekovih pamyatnikov Evrasii, Moscow, 2000, p.29 #138
- A.Panini, Middle Eastern and Venetian Glass Beads, Skira, 2007, p. 125 (for Middle Eastern type)