CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
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A PAIR OF ACHAEMENID GOLD EARRINGS
circa 5th-4th century b.c.
Each an open, disk-shaped box composed of sheet with thin sheet strips capping the ends and the exterior, the disks with three rows of granulation, one with plain wire at the inner edge and dividing the outer rows, both fringed with thirteen hollow cylinders with hemispherical ends, the square earwires hinged in place by flat-headed pins passing through two attached loops
13/16 in. (2.1 cm.) wide (2)
circa 5th-4th century b.c.
Each an open, disk-shaped box composed of sheet with thin sheet strips capping the ends and the exterior, the disks with three rows of granulation, one with plain wire at the inner edge and dividing the outer rows, both fringed with thirteen hollow cylinders with hemispherical ends, the square earwires hinged in place by flat-headed pins passing through two attached loops
13/16 in. (2.1 cm.) wide (2)