ADVENT FIVE GOLD RINGS
Advent Calendar Day 21

Five gold Greek Hellenistic earrings from Egypt
Late 4th – early 3rd century BC
In 1905 two exceptional hoards of gold and silver vessels, jewellery and coins were discovered by men digging for fertilizer in the ruins of a small temple at Tukh el-Qaramus in the Nile Delta. The hoards were concealed in the remains of a mud-brick room of a temple.
This small temple at Tukh was probably dedicated to the goddess Isis, and the treasure seems to have been buried in response to some unknown catastrophe in the mid-3rd century BC.
These hooped earrings are richly decorated with wire, beads and animal-heads (bull, wild goat, and ram).
Gold Earrings
Late 4th – early 3rd century BC
From Tukh el-Qaramus, Egypt
AN1926.99–104
Not currently on display
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