The skill of ancient Syrian jewelers is on full display in the gold dangle earring featured in the attached photo. In this design, the lower component of the earring hangs below the earlobe and swings back and forth or side to side.
Provenance: ?
Era: 6rd century CE ?
Collection of the National Museum of Damascus.
Bašīr Zuhdī. Lamḥā ʿan al-ḥilī al-ḏahabīyyā al-qadīmā wa rawaʾiʿihā fi al-matḥaf al-waṭanī bi Dimašq. Annales Archéologiques Arabes Syriennes XIII 1963 (pp. 71-98).
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