Earring
This object is On Display
| Object Number: | E3586 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Greece Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Ptolemaic |
| Provenience: | Egypt |
| Period: | Ptolemaic Period Thirty-Third Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 299-100 BCE |
| Early Date: | -299 |
| Late Date: | -100 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Gold |
| Iconography: | Bull? Goat? |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Mohammed Ali Gabry, 1898 |
| Other Number: | AES 362 - Original Number E3856 - Other Number |
Description
Gold with Bull's Head Ornament. (CRY 1944). Loop of twisted gold wire tapering to a point intended to catch in a pair of fine wire very small loops beneath chin of a somewhat crushed goat head finial. Goat has pointed ears. Below the neck of the goat is a band of flame pattern. (GRE 1982)
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Five Thousand Years of Vanity (06 Jan 1944 - 28 Feb 1944) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Ancient Greek World (08 May 1994) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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