Friday, February 13, 2026

An Ancient Drop Earring (XI)

This earring combines a hemispherical stud, a hoop, and a dangle joined to the hoop via a small ring. The drop part consists of a cluster of gold spherules.

Provenance: ?
Era: Roman.
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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