Gold hoop earring, Late Bronze Age III Cypriot jewelry — Gold hoop earring, Late Bronze Age III Cypriot, c. 1100–1050 BC. Ashmolean Museum, AN1888.1199.Image © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Late Bronze Age III

Gold hoop earring

Gold hoop earring Dimensions: 2.8cm (diameter) Object Type: personal ornament > ear-ornament > ear-ring

Classification

Object type: Jewellery
Material: MetalGold
Period: probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date: 1100 - 1050 BC
Findspot: Palaepaphos

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Collection

Ashmolean Museum

Provenance

Paphos, Kouklia, Palaepaphos (tomb 2) (place of excavation)

Identifiers

Accession no.: AN1888.1199, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology · Museum record

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Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, AN1888.1199 (“Gold hoop earring”)
From Palaepaphos-Xerolimni, CEF Tomb 2

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