Wednesday, January 21, 2026

An Earring with a Bunch of Grapes

 


The earring displayed in the attached photo is rather simple, consisting of a smooth gold ring with a bunch of grapes attached to its lower part. 

Provenance: Hauran.
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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