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Broken Earring with Calf's Head? Egypt

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 37.778Ea-b. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 37.778Ea-b
Find spot: Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Ptolemaic Period or Roman Period
Date: late 4th–3rd century B.C.E.
Date range: 399 BCE – 201 BCE
Materials: ['Gold']
Height: 1.5 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Broken Earring with Calf's Head? (37.778Ea-b). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/17865

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Caption: Broken Earring with Calf's Head?, late 4th–3rd century B.C.E.. Gold, Diam. 9/16 in. (1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.778Ea-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Materials Gold

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BKM-Accession 37.778Ea-b tier-2
BKM-Object 117369 tier-2

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