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Fragments of a Large Earring with Bull's Head Ptolemaic PeriodSaqqara

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 37.780Ea-b. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 37.780Ea-b
Find spot: Saqqara, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Date: 2nd century B.C.E.
Date range: 199 BCE – 101 BCE
Materials: ['Gold', 'metal']
Height: 1.9 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Fragments of a Large Earring with Bull's Head (37.780Ea-b). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/17848

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Caption: Fragments of a Large Earring with Bull's Head, 2nd century B.C.E.. Gold, metal, Width 3/4 in. (1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.780Ea-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Found at Saqqara

Materials Gold Metal

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 37.780Ea-b tier-2
BKM-Object 117371 tier-2

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