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Description:
Blue glass penannular earring with applied yellow decoration. The two loops would have held wire to pass through a pierced ear lobe.
The earring was made from bending a glass cane to form an open circle and then applying the two vertical loops and decoration.
Relational references:
Andrews, C. 1990. Ancient Egyptian Jewellery. London: British Museum Publications, p. 116, 117 1982. Egypt's golden age : the art of living in the New Kingdom, 1558-1085 B.C. : Catalogue of the exhibition. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, p. 228| Object details | |
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| Type of object: | Earring |
| Type category: | Costume and jewellery |
| Material: | Glass |
| Width: | 21 mm |
| Height: | 24 mm |
| Depth: | 5 mm |
| Origin | |
| Style/Period: | New Kingdom |
| Date range: | 1540 - 1075 BCE |
| Discovery site: | New Kingdom |
| Environment: | |
| Creator | |
| Technique: | |
| Personal name: | - |
| Role: | - |
| Culture: | Egyptian |
| Record data | |
| Artworld id: | 00017 |
| Current accession number: | - |
| Former accession number: | - |
| Credit line: | - |
| Recorded by: | LW |
| Record date: | Mon, 5th Nov 2001 |
| Copyright: | Copyright© by the Oriental Museum, University of Durham, Durham, 2002. All Rights reserved |