Saturday, February 14, 2026

An Ancient Drop Earring (XII)

 

This earring features a conical stud in the middle of three concentric peripheral braided rings, a hoop, and a dangle joined to the hoop through the upper part of a clover-shaped piece. The drop part ends with an ovoid bead. 

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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