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Earring with bull head terminal Ptolemaic Period

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Description

Earring, bull head terminal. Ptolemaic Period, 4th–mid 2nd century BC. Gold. As Worn: H. 1.4 × W. 1.2 cm (9/16 × 1/2 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Bulls. Credit: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.

Connections

Deities bull
Materials Gold

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116276317 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 10.130.1503 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 560739 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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