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Earrings with Two Wheel Ornaments

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Gold
DATES 6th century C.E.
PERIOD Late Antique Period
DIMENSIONS .440a: 1 7/16 x 1 3/8 x 5/16 in. (3.7 x 3.5 x 0.8 cm) .440a: (hoop) 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm) diam. .440b: 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 x 1/4 in. (3.5 x 3.5 x 0.6 cm) .440b: (hoop) 1 in. (2.5 cm) diam.  (show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER 05.440a-b
CREDIT LINE Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund
PROVENANCE Archaeological provenance not yet documented; by 1905, acquired by Aziz (Azeez) Khayat of Tyre, Syria (now Lebanon) and New York, NY; January 14, 1905, purchased from Aziz Khayat by the Brooklyn Museum.
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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Gold earrings. Loop a gold tube tapering at the ends, fastened by 2 loops; the lower loop is surrounded by a beaded wire forming spirals at the sides (one broken). On front face a small disc and 2 pellets. Attached to rim 2 rings of tubular and beaded wire, with triangular groups of pellets around rim; point of junction of loop and ring concealed by coarse pellets and flattened pellets.
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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Earrings with Two Wheel Ornaments, 6th century C.E. Gold, .440a: 1 7/16 x 1 3/8 x 5/16 in. (3.7 x 3.5 x 0.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 05.440a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 05.440a-b.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 05.440a-b.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2005
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