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Pendant earring with Hathor head and rosette

90 B.C.–50 A.D.
FindspotMeroe, Nubia, Sudan
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueGold and enamel
DimensionsHeight: 5 cm (1 15/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number23.342a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. W 5 7c. 1923: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.
(Accession date: January 1, 1923)
Earring
90 B.C.–50 A.D.
Earring
90 B.C.–50 A.D.
Ear stud
50–10 B.C.
Gold stud
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Ear stud
1st–2nd century A.D.
Ear stud
100–320
Ear stud
A.D. 90–220
Ear stud
A.D. 30–170
Ear stud
215–225