Ear Stud

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Ear Stud

Culture: Egyptian

Period: New Kingdom

Dynasty: Dynasty 18

Date: ca. 1352-1336 B.C.

Medium: Wood

Dimensions:

1 3/16 x 1 3/16 in. (3 x 3 cm)

Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with the Antiquities Acquisition Fund

Object number: 92.78.2

Provenance: Excavated at Amarna by the Egypt Exploration Society, London and Cairo, before 1924; Egypt Exploration Society, by gift to Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, 1923 or 1924 (Toledo accession no. 25.1095); deaccessioned by Toledo Museum of Art, 1991; sold, Sotheby's, New York, June 25, 1992, lot 260; sold by Peter Sharrer, Hillsdale, NJ, to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1992

Published References Sotheby's, New York, June 25, 1992, lot 260.

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Ear Stud

Ear Stud