<em>Earrings with Wheel and Pendant Ornaments</em>, 6th century C.E. Gold, 1 3/4 x 1/4 in. (4.4 x 0.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 05.441a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 05.441a-b.jpg)

Earrings with Wheel and Pendant Ornaments, 6th century C.E. Gold, 1 3/4 x 1/4 in. (4.4 x 0.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 05.441a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 05.441a-b.jpg)

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Earrings with Wheel and Pendant Ornaments

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Gold

Place Made: Eastern Mediterranean Region

DATES 6th century C.E.

PERIOD Late Antique Period

DIMENSIONS 1 3/4 x 1/4 in. (4.4 x 0.6 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 05.441a-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 tube tapering at the ends, the lower end forming a loop, the upper twisted around it; lower loop surrounded by beaded wire forming spirals at sides; soldered to rim rings of plain and beaded wire with pyramids of flattened pellets around edge; between these, an openwork bead with hollow boss above and below. Point of junction of these members with loop masked by small flat discs. Gold has reddish tinge.

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Solid Gold

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Earrings with Wheel and Pendant Ornaments, 6th century C.E. Gold, 1 3/4 x 1/4 in. (4.4 x 0.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 05.441a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 05.441a-b.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 05.441a-b.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2005

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