Bronze Pendant from Getashen

Bronze pendant, 15th–14th centuries BC, Getashen, Artsakh. Kept in the History Museum of Armenia.

The pendant is disc-shaped, with a cross-shaped ornament in the centre pointing to the 4 cardinal directions. Pendants of this kind served as amulets connected with the cult of the sun.

The disc is openwork, pierced with many triangular holes, and has small loops at the top and on the left side.