Earring
90 B.C.–50 A.D.
Object PlaceNubia, Sudan
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueGold and enamel
DimensionsHeight: 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number23.339
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Pyramid W 5, No 7b. Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1923: assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
250–100 B.C.
90 B.C.–50 A.D.
90 B.C.–50 A.D.
90 B.C.–50 A.D.
90 B.C.–50 A.D.
50–10 B.C.
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
1st–2nd century A.D.
100–320
A.D. 90–220
A.D. 30–170