Earring
90 B.C.–50 A.D.
FindspotMeroe, Nubia, Sudan
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueGold, carnelian, and enamel
DimensionsLength: 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number23.343
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. W 5, No 7d. 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)
(Accession date: January 1, 1923)
A.D. 30–364
2465–2323 B.C.
1550–1070 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
1070–712 B.C.
2061–1783 B.C.
1550–1295 B.C.
1295–1186 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.