RX015
Greek gold pair of earrings.
4th century BC.
H. 20mm. W.22mm
Set with garnets, pearls and glass. Missing pearls. Two oval openings at inner side of each earring. Some of the gold balls defected.
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The earrings of boat shape with granulation along the outer side and a band with two rows of small balls across the central part. At the upper front are settings of garnets with glass and pearls. The suspension wire is tied.
Cf. Boardman, Bible Lands Museum, 2012, p. 26, fig. 8.
Boardman, J., Pure Gold, Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem, 2012.
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