Earring
Description
This glass earring is half of a pair (with 1894.24 ) that an Ancient Egyptian craftsman made by first softening blue glass with heat and bending it around a rod. They then fused a twisted cane of white-and-black glass to the main body of the earring. A wire strung through the top would have allowed the wearer to hang this earring from their pierced ear, although on this object one of the suspension loops has broken off. This particular style was popular during the New Kingdom (about 1550–1069 BCE), when Egyptian men, women, and children of all social classes wore earrings made from glass, precious metals, or stone.
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 turquoise-blue ring-shaped ornament with a black-and-white banded rim, consistent with a simple earring hoop element.
Centered against a light gray background is a single ring-like artifact viewed from the front. The object has a turquoise-blue curved inner surface forming a circular/oval loop, with a pointed projection at one end of the loop and a partially broken or chipped section near the opposite end. Around parts of the outer edge is a decorative border composed of alternating black and white segments, resembling a striped inlay or applied band. No legible hieroglyphs or alphabetic inscriptions are visible. The surface shows minor scuffs/chipping, suggesting wear or age-related damage.
Connections
Cross-references (1)
- ARTIC-id 840 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.