A Glass Pendant from Tel Kursi

During 2017, the third season of excavations at Kursi Beach, a yellow/amber glass disc-shaped pendant was found in Area D, at Tel Kursi. The pendant bears a stamped design on one side, showing a standing figure of the goddess Athena/Minerva, leaning on her right leg and holding a spear and a shield. This pendant is part of a group homogeneous in appearance and manufacturing technique. Although such pendants have been found throughout the Mediterranean basin, to date this is only the second pendant with this motif found in Israel.