Ear Studs
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
MEDIUM
Glass
DATES
ca. 1539–1075 B.C.E.
PERIOD
New Kingdom
DIMENSIONS
37.1438Ea: 5/8 x Greatest Diam. 1 in. (1.7 x 2.5 cm)
37.1438Eb: 5/8 x Greatest Diam. 1 in. (1.6 x 2.6 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
37.1438Ea-b
CREDIT LINE
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Two glass objects which are either ear plugs or papyrus scepter amulets. Both pieces are similar. They have flat rounded "rims" and long, somewhat bulging, rounded "handles." They are pierced from top to bottom. A is made of cobalt blue glass with a spiral line of white glass running, as a barber's pole, up the handle. B is made of a lighter blue, and the spiral line has a blue tinge.
Condition: A: Incrusted around hole on top of rim; large chip in rim; small chip by hole at bottom of handle; B: Incrusted around hole on top of rim; small chip near hole at bottom of handle.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Ear Studs, ca. 1539–1075 B.C.E. Glass, 37.1438Ea: 5/8 x Greatest Diam. 1 in. (1.7 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1438Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1438Ea-b_NegB_print_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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