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The rod formed glass pendant in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara is an example of a type recorded in many centers of the ancient world in the period between the seventh and mid third century B.C. The type is often regarded as Phoenician although Carthage was also suggested as a center of production.The pendant in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations has no recorded findspot. It was purchased by the museum in 1997. It is shaped as the head of a bearded male with a twisted head band. Stylistic classification suggests a fifth or early fouth century B.C. date for the pendant.Phoenician-Carthaginian rod formed glass pendants have a wide distribution along the Mediterranean coast. Except for a glass head pendant from Gözlükule in Tarsus and the bird shaped beads found in the excavations of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, there are a few recorded examples from Asia Minor. There is sufficient archaeological evidence (Uluburun and Gelidonya shipwrecks) for the role of the Asia Minor coast in the Mediterranean sea trade from the Late Bronze Age onwards. The impact of Phoenician culture and language has been documented in many centers in Asia Minor such as Karatepe, Tarsus - Gözlükule, Old Smyrna (Bayraklı) and Ephesus.Although the provenance of the glass pendant in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations is unknown, we may assume that it was imported from the Phoenician coast to a center on the Asia Minor coast in the fifth or early fourth century B.C

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