Boat-shaped earrings with filigree and granule decoration

Unknown

A.D. 1st–2nd century · Gold · Egyptian Art

Boat-shaped, sometimes called leech-shaped earrings, are a common type in Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean world, and few are well-dated. This earring with the addition of some granulation and and filagree decoration is likely to date from the late Ptolemaic Period into the second century AD.

Artist

Unknown

Date

A.D. 1st–2nd century

Medium

Gold

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1918