Earring
66-6-10
From: Northeast Aegean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 66-6-10 |
| Current Location | On Loan |
| Provenience | Northeast Aegean |
| Period | Early Bronze Age |
| Date Made | 2400 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Electrum | Gold |
| Description | "Shell" shape, made as were 66-6-7 a-h, with seven prongs. Just below clasp a conical boss flanked by single S-spirals (one facing foreward, the other backward). Opposite end of "shell" decorated with four rows of granulation separated by wire strips. Similar to Early Bronze Age jewelry of Troy, Lemnos (Poliochni), and Ur. |
| Width | 1.1 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 1.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Hesperia Art, 1966 |
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