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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Near Eastern, A pair of Western Asiatic gold penannular earrings with modern pearls, Bronze Age, early 1st Millennium BC

Near Eastern

A pair of Western Asiatic gold penannular earrings with modern pearls, Bronze Age, early 1st Millennium BC
Gold, modern pearls
Length: 2cm
Near Eastern, A pair of Western Asiatic gold penannular earrings with modern pearls, Bronze Age, early 1st Millennium BC
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The earrings are solid gold, of angular form and broadening to a ridge at the centre. Three modern pearls have been added to the exterior. The earrings may be adapted...
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The earrings are solid gold, of angular form and broadening to a ridge at the centre. Three modern pearls have been added to the exterior. The earrings may be adapted to be worn with a modern hook or post.
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Provenance

UK private collection, London
With Brigantia, York, 1980s

Literature

This penannular form of ring appears throughout the Bronze Ages of the Middle East, Egypt, the Mediterranean and Europe. The form was used in earrings as well as in 'ring money' or  'hair-rings'.
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