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Earring

1st Century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pair of earrings with gold S-shaped hoops, each hung with a bronze pendant figure of Harpocrates. One is further strung with two small gold beads, the other with a glazed composition eye-bead.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Earring
  • Earring
Materials and techniques
Gold, hung with bronze
Brief description
Pair of earrings, gold hung with bronze pendants, Egypt or Europe, Egypto-Roman, 1st century AD
Physical description
Pair of earrings with gold S-shaped hoops, each hung with a bronze pendant figure of Harpocrates. One is further strung with two small gold beads, the other with a glazed composition eye-bead.
Dimensions
  • Height: 3cm
  • Width: 1cm
Style
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology
Object history
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street.

These earrings came from Italy and were found in the 19th century in a roman tomb in Cumae (Campania).
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Semmola, Tommaso. Illustrazione Di Una Collana Egizia. 2nd Edn (Naples, 1844).
  • Monumenti Inediti Di Antichità E Belle Arti, Raccolti E Dati in Luce Da Una Sociatà Archeologica. (Naples: Tipografia della Società Filomatica, 1820)
Collection
Accession number
4817A&B-1901

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Record createdApril 12, 2005
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