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Hoops with pendants were popular throughout the Roman Period These earrings were excavated in a grave in a Roman Period cemetery at el-Ghita, not far from Bilbeis.
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Title: Pair of Earrings
Period: Roman Period
Date: 30 B.C.–A.D. 364
Geography: From Egypt, Lower Egypt: Eastern Delta, el-Gheita, Grave 367, BSAE 1905-1906 Petrie
Medium: Gold, silver
Dimensions: Diam. 2.1 cm (13/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of the Egyptian Research Account and British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1906
Accession Number: 06.976a, b
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