Earrings come in many shapes and sizes from large boat shaped to small spirals.  Some earings have small hoops with attached dangling hoops, sprials, or decorative pieces of metal.  These  are distinguished from rings and hair coils because they are not solid all the way, and only one coil.  

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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
32 (none) (none) (none) Silver earring? [drawing]
215 (none) (none) (none) Gold earring. [drawing 1:1]
460A (none) (none) B15242 [A-B] Gold earrings, a pair of: boat shaped originally inlaid with lapis lazuli between raised bands of granouillee work silver wires projecting from the base probably supported beads. . A only Phil. [drawing 1:1]
460B (none) 1923,1110.166 (none) [A-B] Gold earrings, a pair of: boat shaped originally inlaid with lapis lazuli between raised bands of granouillee work silver wires projecting from the base probably supported beads. . A only Phil. [drawing 1:1]
461 (none) (none) (none) Gold earring. (Companion not found) Boat shaped with twisted ends and bands of granouillee work on body. Photo 45. [drawing 1:1]
462 (none) (none) (none) Gold earring. (Companion not found) Boat shaped with coils round ends and triangles of granouillee work on the body. Photo 45. [drawing 1:1]
463A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Gold earrings, Pair of: plain. Photo 45. [drawing]
463B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Gold earrings Pair of: Plain. Photo 45. [drawing]
464 (none) (none) (none) Gold earring (companion not found). Plain. Photo 45. [drawing 1:1]
1511 (none) (none) (none) Earring. Broken. Thin gold: boat shaped. [drawing]
2506 (none) (none) (none) Earring. Gold. Crescent lunar type. Heavy - hollow metal. [drawing 1:1]
2507 (none) (none) (none) Earring. Gold. Crescent lunar type. Heavy - hollow metal. [drawing]
2526 (none) (none) (none) Gold earring. Crescent shaped, plate on core; cracked round edge. [drawing 1:1]
2527 (none) 1927,1003.230 (none) Gold wire earring. [drawing 1:1]
6677 (none) 1927,0527.308 (none) Earring. Gold. E. [drawing 1:1]
6680 (none) (none) (none) Gold earring. B.
6681A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Pair of gold earrings. B.
7506 (none) 1928,1009.164 (none) Earring. Gold foil. Semi-circular pin on crescent-shaped bag. [Drawing 1:1]
7526 (none) (none) (none) Earring. Gold. Crescent shaped. Semi-circular pin, detached at top. [This number was possibly duplicated in the field][drawing 1:1]
7532A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Pair of earrings. Silver. Late Kassite? [drawing 1:1] Also with Pot Type CXLIX Found with 7 iron arrowheads U [7526?]
7532B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Pair of earrings. Silver. Late Kassite? [drawing 1:1] Also with Pot Type CXLIX Found with 7 iron arrowheads U [7526?]
7562 (none) (none) (none) Earring. Gold. Lunar pendant attached to which is a plate flat behind and convex in front with gold filigrane decoration in the shape of a nine-petalled rosette. Also gold filigrane decoration around rim. [drawing 1:1 and enlarged detail drawing of filigree]
7591 (none) (none) (none) Earring. Silver. Ovoid, indented circumference. [drawing 1:1]
7695A (none) (none) (none) [A-C] 3 hair? rings or ear rings. Gold. Thickened boat shaped ends. [drawing]
7952A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Pair of earrings. Gold and silver. A spiral ring of gold with thickened lobe ends supports a similar gold ring; from this hangs a similar ring of silver (the silver ring is in each case broken). [drawing]

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