This gold earring features, from top to bottom, the following components:
A hoop.
An inverted crescent displaying a fenestrated design of interlaced patterns with its center occupied by a pear-shaped gemstone.
Five identical chains, each of which ends with a small grenade with a tiny terminal coil.
Provenance: ?
Era: 6th 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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