The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 24, 2025

Earrings

100 BCE–100 CE

Syria, Roman

gold and garnet
Diameter: 2.4 cm (15/16 in.); Overall: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Jerald S. Brodkey in memory of Frederick D. Brodkey 1985.174
Location: 103 Roman

Did You Know?

These two earrings are nearly identical; one lacks a gold bead above the garnet.

Description

Each of these earrings is formed from a simple hoop that ends in a hook-and-loop closure. An oval garnet is fixed below the loop on each earring; one earring has a much larger garnet, and a small ball affixed above the setting. The lower portion of each earring is decorated with two parallel rows of granules.
  • 1984
    Acquired in Jerusalem. Said to be found in Jordan
    Acquired in Jerusalem, 1984. Said to be found in Jordan.
  • Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1985.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 73, no. 2 (1986): 26–71. P. 62, no. 4. www.jstor.org
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1985.174