3rd Part

ANCIENT JEWELLERY EXHIBITED IN ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS MUSEUM

Head Jewellery

Earrings

The ends of a ring type earring are closed by passing through each other. The external side of the lower part of the ring is ornamented with motifs consisting of awire spiral and granule particles.

It is one of the simple ring type earrings. A blue glass bead is placed in the golden slot on the ring. The ends of the ring are closed in the form of a loop and ahook.

It is one of the simple ring type earrings. An indigo (cobalt blue) stone is placed in the golden slot on the ring. The ends of the ring are closed in the form of aloop and ahook.

It is made of a thick wire. The wire that is folded in two in the middle is twisted around itself and creates a loop and then sharpenes towards the end by winding around each other and the sharp end is passed through the loop and close being rotated once more around it. There is no ornament on the semi - sphere shaped disk

Its ring has a disk. One end is twisted and made a loop and the other end is passed through the loop as the hook and closed. A bumped form is given on the round part cut from the golden sheet by using a clay - resin mixture paste and it is covered with the sheet. After that, the lower plate is perforated and the paste mould in it is discharged. The surrounding and the bumped end of the disk are surrounded with grooved filigree. The earring ring is soldered on the back of the disk. Since their internal sides are empty, they are usually found crushed

Its ring is closed with loop and hook system. Its disk is hexagonal and has a conic form. One end is twisted and made into a loop and the other end is inserted in the loop as a hook and closed. A bumped form is given on the round part cut from the golden a sheet by using a clay - resin mixture paste and it is covered with the sheet. After that, the lower plate is perforated and the paste mould in it is discharged. The surrounding and the bumped end of the disk are surrounded with grooved filigree. The earring ring is soldered on a hexagonal disk.