Saturday, January 24, 2026

An Ancient Drop Earring

 


This gold earring combines a stud with a drop design. A hoop connects the large earlobe gemstone with an inverted dangling triangle featuring a tiny jewel in its middle. 

Provenance: ?
Era: 3rd 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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