Earring
Earring
Place of OriginEgypt
Date19th or 20th Dynasty, around 1200 BCE
DimensionsDiam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
MediumGold.
ClassificationJewelry
Credit LineGift of Henry W. Wilhelm
Object number
1927.141
Not on View
DescriptionGold earring, a heavy slitted hoop, elliptical in section, hollow. To be nipped on ear lobe.
2nd-1st century B.C.E.
2nd-1st century B.C.E.
about 220-130 BCE
Workshop of the Floating Handles
first half CE 1st century
Second half of the 1st century CE
Royal Ironworks of Berlin or Gleiwitz, Silesia
about 1825
6th - 4th century BCE
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