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Gold earrings
Pair of gold earrings. They consist of an open hoop decorated with gold globules and along the lower outer surface with a triple row of pearls thread on to gold strips, the ends of which are secured by a gold globule. Accordingly, along the inner surface another single row of pearls was suspended by a strip that has not survived.
Code
ΒΚΟ 262/1
Type
Earrings
Chronology
10th c.
Dimensions
Diameter 4 cm.
Material of Construction
Gold, pearls
Origin
Thessaloniki, hoard from Dodekanisou Street
