# Necklace with Amulets

- By: Ancient Mediterranean
- Date: 1st-4th century
- Medium: Glass
- Classification: Costume and Accessories
- Dimensions: 50.2 × 3.2 cm (19 3/4 × 1 1/4 in.); Diam.: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.)
- Culture: Mediterranean Region
- Credit line: Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/65621)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/227df7c3-7884-0401-1a67-ab7ea058e921/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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Initially affordable only among the wealthy, glass was used in ancient Rome to create tableware and containers for oils and perfume. Glass was also used in jewelry as an economical substitute for more expensive precious or semi-precious stones. This necklace also includes magic amulets, believed both to ward off evil and to guarantee good luck.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0