A large Hellenistic Terracotta Figure of Aphrodite, ca. 3rd century BCE Seals - Cylinder With a loop for suspension

With a loop for suspension

Background:  There is some conjecture that these glass vessels were actually early Christian amulets taken as relics and/or souvenirs from holy areas

An Anmatyerre speaker

with 18K gold caps and a blue glass bead suspended from three of the cross points

A large Hellenistic Terracotta Figure of Aphrodite, ca. 3rd century BCE Seals - Cylinder With a loop for suspensionA finely modeled Hellenistic terracotta statuette of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, shown standing gracefully atop an integral plinth base. She is depicted partially nude, with a chiton draped low around her hips, its folds clasped in her left hand. Her right hand rests casually atop a herm (bearded male head set on a pillar), suggesting a dialogue between the erotic and the divine. Aphrodite wears a wreath in her centrally parted hair,