Earring

66-6-8

From: Northeast Aegean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 66-6-8
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 an applique boss surrounded by a flat applique ring. 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 cm
Outside Diameter 1.6 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Hesperia Art, 1966

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