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The siren is a mythical hybrid creature who is part bird and part human female. Here the siren's head is shown in profile and turned back on her shoulder to look over her left wing.
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Title: Pendant: siren
Period: Classical
Date: 5th–4th century BCE
Culture: Italic
Medium: Amber
Dimensions: H.: 1 15/16 in. (5 cm)
Classification: Miscellaneous-Amber
Credit Line: Purchase, Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer, Patti Cadby Birch and The Joseph Rosen Foundation Inc. Gifts, and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1992
Accession Number: 1992.11.11
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