Object photograph·C00134a·1927–1931

Gold earrings, round rings with decorative wire on the lower part of the circlet

Two gold earrings with coiled wire on the lower part of the loop, from the Kastros tombs at Lapithos — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00134a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two earrings lie side by side on a dark textured cloth. Each has an open, slightly oval loop of thick wire, with closely coiled wire wrapped around the lower part and a central boss, and below each boss hangs a small cluster of three or four rounded knobs. The right earring shows a free end of the loop at its upper right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Gold earrings, round rings with decorative wire on the lower part of the circlet.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Guldiga örhängen, runda ringar med dekorativ tråd på den nedre delen av cirkeln.

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