Gold and garnet, earrings from Ashnak, Armenia, 1st-2nd century.
On the photo below:
L. gold triangular earrings with garnets, 3 bell-shaped pendants; height 4.2 cm, weight 5.57 g
R. gold triangular earrings with garnets and glass paste, 4 bell-shaped pendants; height 4.7 cm, weight 7 g.
These earrings have their parallels in the ornaments found in Transcaucasia and other places. Earrings of the same type are known from Bori, dating back to the 1st-2nd centuries.
Photo after Inga E. Avagyan
Lit. Inga E. Avagyan, About the Treasure of Karmraqar Stored in the Historical and Cultural Museum-Preserve «Kumayri».// «Scientifiс Works» of SCAS NAS RA. Gyumri, 2023.V.1 (26). DOI:10.52971/18294316-2023.26.1-100
https://arar.sci.am/Content/361119/09.pdf
The Gold of Ancient Armenia, (3rd millennium BC-14th century AD). Yerevan: “Science” of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, 2007
Հին Հայաստանի ոսկին, (մ.թ.ա. III հազ.-մ.թ. XIV դ.): Երևան: ՀՀ ԳԱԱ «Գիտություն» http://lib.ysu.am/disciplines_bk/bcf8a144568df3b96e794b6863af4ab1.pdf
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