In an excavation directed by Shlomo Bunimovitz and Zvi Lederman in Beth Shemesh, a golden hoop earring and other scraps of jewelry were discovered in a spacious early Iron Age structure, dubbed the “Patrician House” for the elegance of its remains.
(1200–1000 B.C.E.)

Beth Shemesh, Shlomo Bunimovitz and Zvi Lederman, BAR 23-01, Jan-Feb 1997.