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Gold earrings

Pair of gold earrings. They consist of an open hoop decorated with gold globules and along the lower outer surface with a triple row of pearls thread on to gold strips, the ends of which are secured by a gold globule. Accordingly, along the inner surface another single row of pearls was suspended by a strip that has not survived.

Code

ΒΚΟ 262/1

Type

Earrings

Chronology

10th c.

Dimensions

Diameter 4 cm.

Material of Construction

Gold, pearls

Origin

Thessaloniki, hoard from Dodekanisou Street