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品名（中）	耳环
品名（英）	Earring
入馆年号	1922年，22.50.5
策展部门	中世纪艺术（Medieval Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元 25 - 公元 75
创作地区
分类	金属制品金（Metalwork-Gold）
尺寸	整体: 1 15/16 x 1 x 1/4 英寸 (5 x 2.5 x 0.7 厘米)
介绍（中）	据说这只耳环及其配对（编号22.50.6）来自黑海北部海岸的奥尔比亚古城。这座城市长期以来一直是古希腊人的殖民贸易站，居住着希腊人和斯基泰人的混合体，从公元前三世纪开始，萨尔马提亚人也居住着这座城市。这些耳环是在公元一世纪中叶制作的，当时当地居民从罗马人那里获得金银，以换取当地商品，如盐和谷物。耳环展示了一系列精湛的金匠技术：三颗泪滴形的红玛瑙宝石呈锯齿状或狗齿形镶嵌，放置在装饰有扭曲花丝和颗粒的横杆上方。挂在横杆上的五条扭曲的金线链最初会终止于小玻璃珠。萨尔马提亚人和斯基泰人一样，用珠宝和其他财产埋葬了他们的死者，这些耳环很可能是富妇人葬礼的一部分。最近从该地区挖掘出的一个坟墓表明，全套墓葬珠宝还包括几条项链、一对手镯、金胸针和一串头部珠子。
介绍（英）	This earring, along with its pair (acc. no. 22.50.6), are said to be from the ancient city of Olbia on the northern coast of the Black Sea. Long a colonial trading post of the ancient Greeks, the city was inhabited by a mix of Greeks and Scythians and, from the third century B.C., Sarmatians as well. These earrings were made in the mid-first century A.D., a time when local inhabitants received gold and silver from the Romans in exchange for local goods such as salt and grain. The earrings display an array of accomplished goldsmithing techniques: three teardrop-shaped sardonyx stones in serrated, or dogtooth, settings are placed above a crossbar adorned with twisted filigree and granulation. The five chains of twisted gold wire hanging from the crossbar would have originally terminated in small glass beads. The Sarmatians, like the Scythians, buried their dead with jewelry and other possessions, and these earrings were likely part of a wealthy woman's burial attire. A grave recently excavated from the area suggests that a full complement of burial jewelry would have also included several necklaces, a pair of bracelets, gold brooches, and a string of beads for the head.