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Ear plug

1550–1070 B.C.
FindspotZawyet el-Aryan, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueTravertine (Egyptian alabaster)
DimensionsOverall: 2.3 cm (7/8 in.), 1.2 cm end
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.2753
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Zawyet el-Aryan, Grave Z 367. 1910-11: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.

(accession date: October 19, 1911)