SYRIA
Earring
3rd century CE

Medium
gold

Measurements
2.4 × 0.4 × 2.6 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1967

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Gallery location
Not on display

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Place/s of Execution
Syria

Accession Number
1523-D5

Department
Antiquities

Physical description
A crescent-shaped, flat gold earring with gold balls attached to the outer edge of a central crescent decorated with five gold, raised spheres surrounded by granulated dots. A triangle of granulated dots on each side of the inner edge of the crescent. Also a row of granulated dots at the outer edge. The central portion is composed of two sheets with a hollow space in between.

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SYRIA
Earring
3rd century CE