ear-ring

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Object Type
Museum number: 1879,0115.10
Description: Gold ear-ring: S-shaped hook with a convex shield at one end, with a globule in the centre and a twisted wire border; below is a cylindrical pendant with three short wires and a longer one issuing from it, the ends of the short wires decorated with clusters of globules, and the longer wire decorated with a circle of globules above a cluster of globules.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 2ndC-3rdC
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Tortosa (historic), tomb
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 2.35 centimetres; Weight: 39 grains; Width: 0.95 centimetres; Depth: 1.30 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1879
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1879,0115.10

Free entry