Earring

66-6-9

From: Northeast Aegean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 66-6-9
Current Location On Loan
Provenience Northeast Aegean
Period Early Bronze Age
Date Made 2400 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Electrum | Gold
Description

"Shell" shape, with seven prongs (cf. 66-6-7 and 66-6-8). Just below clasp an applique boss, surrounded by a wire ring which is not completely closed. Four rows of granulation on opposite end of shell are separated by wire strips. Similar to Early Bronze Age jewelry of Troy, Lemnos (Poliochni), and Ur.

Width 1.2 cm
Outside Diameter 1.3 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Hesperia Art, 1966

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