Hoop earrings with coiled wire pendant

Unknown

A.D. 2nd–3rd century · gold · Egyptian Art

Hoops with pendants were popular throughout the Roman Period. These hoops have long pendants formed either from coiled wire or possibly a corrugated tube, and may be compared with the similar excavated pair 06.976a, b.

Artist

Unknown

Date

A.D. 2nd–3rd century

Medium

gold

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1907