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Ptolemaic Period
Hoops formed of wound wire with animal head terminals are the commonest type of Hellenistic earring. The bull-head earring appears throughout the Mediterranean, probably a positive image because of the physical and sexual prowess attributed to bulls.
Examples like this one with a simple collar composed of a series of tongues mostly date to the early Ptolemaic Period.
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Title: Earrings with bull head terminal
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Date: 4th–3rd century B.C.
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Gold
Dimensions:
a. As Worn: H. 1.6 × W. 2 cm (5/8 × 13/16 in.)
b. As Worn: H. 1.6 × W. 1.8 cm (5/8 × 11/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
Object Number: 10.130.1505a, b
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