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A pair of earrings
(زوج من الأقراط)

Title	A pair of earrings
Title Original	زوج من الأقراط
Publication Date:	Seventh-eighth century
Publication Place	- Benaki Museum
Subject	gold
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع : 6.6 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	1812
Record ID	object;EPM;gr;Mus21;12;ar
Library Location	Benaki Museum
Date	Seventh-eighth century
Notes	These two earrings are made of wire, roughened and perforated and depict a pair of cast birds facing each other, perhaps partridges. This central part is surrounded by eight people and heart shapes. Earrings of this type are a development of Byzantine cross earrings from the sixth to seventh centuries with opposing birds.
Sample Text	"Pair of Earrings" within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;gr;Mus21;12;ar

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A pair of earrings

(زوج من الأقراط)

Publication Date Seventh-eighth century

Publication Place - Benaki Museum

Subject gold

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع : 6.6 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 1812

Record ID object;EPM;gr;Mus21;12;ar

Library Location Benaki Museum

Date Seventh-eighth century

Notes These two earrings are made of wire, roughened and perforated and depict a pair of cast birds facing each other, perhaps partridges. This central part is surrounded by eight people and heart shapes. Earrings of this type are a development of Byzantine cross earrings from the sixth to seventh centuries with opposing birds.

Sample Text "Pair of Earrings" within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;gr;Mus21;12;ar