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Historical Archive: Earrings, Temple rings, and Hair Pins jewelry of attendant in tomb of Queen Puabi, Ur c.2550-2450 BC, Penn. For detail of beads see Penn. gold hair pin, priestess? Ur 625-539 BCE, Penn B15241 profile, gold hair pin, priestess? Ur 625-539 BCE, Penn B15241 Etruscan earrings, Tuscany c.520-480 BCE: gold, glass, quartz. AIC loan from Field Museum no. 2262, cat. no. 239191 winged sphinx earring pendant, gold, 4th-3rd c. BCE, KHM VIIb 259. For another view see KHM. Nike earring pendants, gold, late 4th-early 3rd c. BCE, SF 1984.102.2a-b Eros earring pendant, gold, late 4th-early 3rd c. BCE, SF 1984.102.3 earring, gold/garnet, 3rd-2nd c. BCE, SF 401a-b gold earring, Graeco-Roman Egypt, KM 1985.09.0001b or c. Not available at higher resolution. Eros gold earring, Greek, 2nd c., set on modern ring, p.c., which has its own page earrings, gold/garnet/glass/pearls/silver/gilt, late 5th-early 6th c., Ostrogothic, Morgan 2012.2:111 earring from Zamárdi grave 517, gold, 7th c., Kaposvár. For accompanying objects see this grave's page. earring from Zamárdi grave 517, gold, 7th c., Kaposvár. earring from Zamárdi grave 517, gold, 7th c., Kaposvár. temple rings, silver, Russia c.1200, KremlinArch diamond and gold earrings with screw back, probably early twentieth century, p.c. diamond and gold earrings with screw back, probably early twentieth century, p.c. turquoise and gold earrings, probably early twentieth century, p.c. For accompanying pendant see private collections. turquoise and gold earrings, probably early twentieth century, p.c. turquoise and gold earrings, probably early twentieth century, p.c.