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Ptolemaic Period
This earring was excavated at Memphis in a broken jar on the floor of a house that postdates the early Roman faience kilns in Memphis. Stylistically it has been dated earlier than that period, so it was most likely an heirloom or kept for its metal value.
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Title: Earring with granulation
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Date: 200–30 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Memphite Region, Memphis (Mit Rahina)
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: H. 6.4 × W. 1.8 × D. 1.8 cm (2 1/2 × 11/16 × 11/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of The Egyptian Research Account and British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1910
Object Number: 10.164.1
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