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Earring
| Object Number: | 66-6-12 |
| 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 |
| Height: | 5.4 cm |
| Length: | 5.1 cm |
| Width: | 0.6 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Hesperia Art, 1966 |
Description
Five wires, each formed of curled sheet metal, soldered together in 'boat" shape; curved wires soldered inside at either end of boat as hooks. Conical boss inside notched ring forms applique rosette outside of one hook join. Five rods, each scored with fine lines like screw threads, protrude from wires of boat at right angle; rods end in nailhead-like discs, to which are attached suspension rings for five short loop-in-loop chains which end in flat leaves decorated with repousse dots. 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. 19 | 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. 38 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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