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Earrings

Earrings, 50 - 150 CE

  • Nabataean, Roman

Gold, garnet

  • Overall (each): 1 1/8 × 1 7/16 × 1/4 inches (2.9 × 3.7 × 0.6 cm)

Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mrs. Charles C. Andrews

1991.174

On View

  • Ancient Middle East Gallery
  • Ancient Middle East Gallery

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Details

(Said Motamed, Frankfurt, Germany)

1991-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Nabataean, Roman, Earrings, 50 - 150 CE, gold, garnet. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mrs. Charles C. Andrews, 1991.174.

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