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{
    "localId": "152309",
    "label": "Earrings",
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}

{
    "id": "152309",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Earrings",
    "description": "Each of these earrings is formed from a simple hoop that ends in a hook-and-loop closure. An oval garnet is fixed below the loop on each earring; one earring has a much larger garnet, and a small ball affixed above the setting. The lower portion of each earring is decorated with two parallel rows of granules.",
    "date": "100 BCE–100 CE",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.174",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60760705"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Jewelry"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.174/1985.174_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.174/1985.174_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.174/1985.174_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 2.4 cm (15/16 in.); Overall: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Syria, Roman"
    ],
    "accession": "1985.174"
}

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    "tec": "gold and garnet",
    "tombstone": "Earrings, 100 BCE–100 CE. Syria, Roman. Gold and garnet; diameter: 2.4 cm (15/16 in.); overall: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Jerald S. Brodkey in memory of Frederick D. Brodkey, 1985.174",
    "collection": "GR - Roman",
    "didYouKnow": "These two earrings are nearly identical; one lacks a gold bead above the garnet.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1985.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 73, no. 2 (1986): 26–71.",
            "page_number": "P. 62, no. 4.",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159930."
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.174",
    "creditline": "Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Jerald S. Brodkey in memory of Frederick D. Brodkey",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:52:15.907000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.174/1985.174_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 152309,
    "dept": "Greek and Roman Art",
    "coll": "GR - Roman",
    "med": "gold and garnet",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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