As I mention on page 130:
As I mention on page 130: “Perhaps the loops represent grapes. Here, too, one must consider how other fruit forms are made. Both dates and apples “in their clusters” are quite three- dimensional and are not depicted in outline. Unlike dates, grapes and grapevines do not appear in the im- agery of mid third-millennium Mesopotamia.”

The short answer: No.

Number of loops: Only one
Number of loops: Only one twisted pendant was illustrated. As the article clearly states: “Nine have nine loops and three have eleven loops arranged along a vertical axis. One has four pairs of loops and one has six pairs.”

The bit at the right is not a
The bit at the right is not a knot. Rather, it is the loop from which the pendant hung. As it is not a knot, and is not sealed (just twisted), it seems unlikely to represent a ‘sealed accomplishment’. Sadly, the only place to see this material on display is in the Penn Museum, Philadelphia. The photographs clearly do not do these items justice.

As a point of information:
As a point of information: these are not ‘ear pendants’; they are more likely to have been attached to beaded necklaces.