Two Earrings, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E. Gold, a: 13/16 x Diam. 15/16 in. (2 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 05.382a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 05.382a-b_PS2.jpg)
Two Earrings, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E. Gold, a: 13/16 x Diam. 15/16 in. (2 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 05.382a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.05.382a-b_tlf.jpg)
Two Earrings
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Much ancient Egyptian jewelry was essentially decorative, like the pair of gold earrings shown here, which are simply thick hoops. But other items of adornment sometimes acted like amulets to protect the wearer, such as the necklaces mounted together here. These necklaces include ancestor bust figures for communicating with the dead; cornflowers, which were associated with renewal; a frog, symbolizing rebirth; and the pregnant hippopotamus, protector of pregnant women and thus a guardian of rebirth.
MEDIUM
Gold
DATES
ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E.
DYNASTY
Dynasty 18
PERIOD
New Kingdom
DIMENSIONS
a: 13/16 x Diam. 15/16 in. (2 x 2.4 cm)
b: 15/16 x Diam. 1 in. (2.5 x 2.6 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
05.382a-b
CREDIT LINE
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
PROVENANCE
Archaeological provenance not yet documented; by 1905, acquired by Panayotis Kyticas of Cairo, Egypt; by 1905, purchased in Cairo from Panayotis Kyticas by W. Flinders Petrie for the Brooklyn Museum.
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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Two hollow undecorated gold earrings in the form of a heavy loop, broken by a narrow slit, presumably forming a pair.
Condition: Slightly dented, otherwise perfect.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Two Earrings, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E. Gold, a: 13/16 x Diam. 15/16 in. (2 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 05.382a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 05.382a-b_PS2.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 05.382a-b_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2006
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