SU UN ORECCHINO IN BRONZO DI EPOCA PROTO-BIZANTINA DA ANTINOUPOLIS

This article analyses an elaborated bronze earring found at Antinoupolis in 2019, unfortunately in a superficial layer. The earring consists of a circular hoop with a bulla on the front and a glass bead on the other extremity; it was also provided of a hanging pendant. Through the examination of its characteristics and morphology we can date it in the Early Byzantine age, more precisely in the 5th-7th century. This object attests that the art of goldsmiths was still in vogue in this period and testifies for the economic status of medium and high classes at Antinoupolis.