Pendant associated to Astarte or Tanit
Pendant (400-300 BC). It doesn’t present the hanging ring. It represents a double female head with an Egyptian headdress. It is associated to Astarte or, due to its late chronology, Tanit.
Gold pendant
Gold pendant (550-450 BC) in the shape of a pea pod or chrysalis. In North Africa it is still used as a fertility amulet.
Black varnish Lekythos
Black varnish Lekythos decorated with a red-figure female head (400-350 BC).
Glass paste alabastron
Glass paste alabastron with a white background and purple zigzag decoration (450-425 BC).
Attic pyxis to contain ointments
Attic pyxis to contain perfumed ointments (400-350 BC).
Silver pendant
These types of jewels were common in Carthage and the western Mediterranean (Sardinia, Sicily, North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula), although in Ibiza they are quite exceptional elements.
Zoomorphic Askos MAEF 4048
Zoomorphic Askos. Depicting a donkey (late V-IV B.c). It has abundant decoration painted in a vinous red tone. These types of containers are popularly known by the name of “Bottle glasses”. Funeral use.
Female bust Tanit MAEF 1796
Female bust imported from Sicily (400-300 BC). It was found in 1913. There are still some traces of polychromy. It has been identified with the goddess Tanit. Ver la pieza en 3D: https://skfb.ly/6FZBG
Terracotta female statuette MAEF 4215
Terracotta female statuette (2nd half, IV to early III BC), made in mold. It is shown standing on a small plinth. Represented in a tight and transparent tunic that shows the legs through it. There are two rows of pendants on the chest and a double necklace, around which hangs
Female bust MAEF 4087
Female bust dressed in a peplos. Probably imported from a Rhodian workshop in the 5th century BC.
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