Earrings with ibex head terminal 4th–3rd century Ptolemaic Period Hoops formed of wound wire with animal head terminals are the commonest type of Hellenistic earring. The heads on these earrings have been referred to as those of gazelles, but is now thought more likely to be an ibex. Ibex-head earrings are well-known in Egypt, but also Asia Minor and relatively simple decoration of these earrings points to an early Ptolemaic Earrings with ibex head terminal 551296

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