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Earring
| Object Number: | 66-6-10 |
| Current Location: | On Loan |
| Provenience: | Northeast Aegean |
| Period: | Early Bronze Age |
| Date Made: | 2400 BC |
| Early Date: | -2400 |
| Late Date: | 2400 BC |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Electrum Gold |
| Width: | 1.1 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 1.2 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Hesperia Art, 1966 |
Description
"Shell" shape, made as were 66-6-7 a-h, with seven prongs. Just below clasp a conical boss flanked by single S-spirals (one facing foreward, the other backward). Opposite end of "shell" decorated with four rows of granulation separated by wire strips. Similar to Early Bronze Age jewelry of Troy, Lemnos (Poliochni), and Ur.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Classical Gallery: Aegean/Cretan (1975 - 2000) | View Objects in Exhibition | |
| Trojan Gold ( Jul 1966 - 1969) | View Objects in Exhibition | |
| Great Sites: Troy ( Jan 2009 - Jan 2009) | View Objects in Exhibition | |
| Classical Gallery: Aegean Bronze Age (1969 - 1975) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Article] Bass, George F. 1970. "A Hoard of Trojan and Sumerian Jewelry". American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 74. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 337, pl. 86, fig. 18 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Article] Bass, George F. 1966. "Troy and Ur: Gold Links Between Two Ancient Capitals". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Vol. 8. no. 4. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 35 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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