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Historical Archive: Earrings, Temple rings, and Hair Pins


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jewelry of attendant in tomb of Queen Puabi, Ur c.2550-2450 BC, Penn. For detail of beads see Penn.
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gold hair pin, priestess? Ur 625-539 BCE, Penn B15241
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profile, gold hair pin, priestess? Ur 625-539 BCE, Penn B15241
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Etruscan earrings, Tuscany c.520-480 BCE: gold, glass, quartz. AIC loan from Field Museum no. 2262, cat. no. 239191
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winged sphinx earring pendant, gold, 4th-3rd c. BCE, KHM VIIb 259. For another view see KHM.
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Nike earring pendants, gold, late 4th-early 3rd c. BCE, SF 1984.102.2a-b
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Eros earring pendant, gold, late 4th-early 3rd c. BCE, SF 1984.102.3
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earring, gold/garnet, 3rd-2nd c. BCE, SF 401a-b
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gold earring, Graeco-Roman Egypt, KM 1985.09.0001b or c. Not available at higher resolution.
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earrings, gold/garnet/glass/pearls/silver/gilt, late 5th-early 6th c., Ostrogothic, Morgan 2012.2:111
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earring from Zamárdi grave 517, gold, 7th c., Kaposvár. For accompanying objects see this grave's page.
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earring from Zamárdi grave 517, gold, 7th c., Kaposvár.
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earring from Zamárdi grave 517, gold, 7th c., Kaposvár.
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temple rings, silver, Russia c.1200, KremlinArch
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diamond and gold earrings with screw back, probably early twentieth century, p.c.
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diamond and gold earrings with screw back, probably early twentieth century, p.c.
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turquoise and gold earrings, probably early twentieth century, p.c. For accompanying pendant see private collections.
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turquoise and gold earrings, probably early twentieth century, p.c.
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turquoise and gold earrings, probably early twentieth century, p.c.