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Ancient Art
Public domain

Gold Earrings

ca. A.D. 165–256

Gold

other: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)
Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos
1933.605a-b
Geography: 
Excavated in Dura-Europos, Syria
Status: 
On view
Culture: 
Syrian, Dura-Europos
Period: 
Roman (2nd or 3rd century A.D.)
Classification: 
Jewelry
Provenance: 

Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (block B2 D10, private house), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography: 

Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 273, ill.

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