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Title

Earrings

Dating

3rd to 4th century C.E.

Accession Number

Dimensions

Each: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) long (2)

Culture

Eränşähr (Sassanian)

Collection

Private Collection

Materials

Gold

Object Type

Jewelry

"Each a hollow crescent with ribbed collars on either end joined to arching earwires, the crescents ornamented with four lengths of beaded wire framed by plain wire, a ribbed collar at the base joined to a hollow sphere, a cluster of granules below; with modern gold earwires joined to the hoop"

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