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

Ornate Earring with Lion's Head Ptolemaic PeriodUpper Egypt

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 37.786E. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 37.786E
Find spot: Upper Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Date: late 4th–3rd century B.C.E.
Date range: 399 BCE – 201 BCE
Materials: ['Gold']
Height: 1.0 cm
Width: 2.3 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Ornate Earring with Lion's Head (37.786E). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/17874

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Catalogue description: Culture Greek Caption: Greek. Ornate Earring with Lion's Head, late 4th–3rd century B.C.E.. Gold, 3/8 × 7/8 in. (1 × 2.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.786E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Found at Upper Egypt

Materials Gold Metal

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BKM-Accession 37.786E tier-2
BKM-Object 117377 tier-2

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