Pair of earrings

Panticapaeum, Bosporus, 1st–2nd century

Site: Panticapaeum (Kerch)

Gold braided grooved wire hoop earrings, almond-shaped plate set with teardrop almandine (“Syrian”) garnets in graduated settings with volutes and enamelling. The form and decoration are a return to Hellenistic styles.

2.4 × 2.5 cm / weight 4.1 g and 4.1 g.

UMP 13445, UMP 13446