Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry

Pair of Earrings

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Description

Caption: Roman. Pair of Earrings, 1–300 C.E.. Gold, 08.480.192a: 1/4 x 7/8 in. (0.6 x 2.3 cm) 08.480.192b: 3/16 x 15/16 in. (0.5 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.192a-b.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

The image shows a small gold earring fragment shaped like a curved hoop with a pointed terminal, photographed against a grey background.

Centered in the frame is a single small gold object that appears to be part of a pair of earrings: a curved hoop/bend with an open loop at one end and a pointed or bulb-like terminal at the other. A small decorative or attachment element is visible near the lower terminal. The object is not fully paired in the image (only one piece is clearly shown). Beneath it is a handwritten museum label on a light card with ink writing that is not clearly legible at this resolution. No Egyptian hieroglyphs, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible on the artifact itself.

decorative Roman Period (per catalogue); stylistic details consistent with small personal jewelry but exact dating cannot be confirmed from this image alone. good
Materials Gold

Connections

Found at Alexandria
Materials Gold

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 08.480.192a-b tier-2
  • BKM-Object 19252 tier-2
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
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