Ornamental Earring

Description

Made of gold, with six socketed settings for inlays (likely stones or glass) arranged around the edges in the form of granules. A grape-like granulated ornament is attached at the bottom.
Dated to the 3rd-2nd centuries BCE.
Discovered in 1978 in Kurgan No. 6 of the Lebedevka burial ground.
Excavation led by V.A. Krieger.