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Disc earrings with triple pendant

First half of the 4th century BC

MArTA - Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto

MArTA - Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto
Taranto, Italy

Pair of disc earrings, each decorated with a rosette motif with several rings of petals. Three pendants are attached to each disc: two side chains and a small central female head, sculpted all the way round, wearing a frontal diadem, cluster earrings and a pendant necklace. The heads have a small hole at the bottom, where a piece of sponge or fabric soaked in perfumed oils was probably inserted. The earrings were found in a tomb together with a gold diadem.

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  • Title: Disc earrings with triple pendant
  • Date Created: First half of the 4th century BC
  • Location Created: Crispiano (TA), Contrada Cacciavillani, 1934
  • Physical Dimensions: 6.2 cm (height); 2.6 cm (diameter)
  • Medium: Gold
  • Room: Room XI, showcase 3, 1.2
MArTA - Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto

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