Hair ring or earring
FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueHard white stone
DimensionsOverall: 4.4 x 1 cm (1 3/4 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number28.1457
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Giza, St G 7500, east of 7520, west of 7650. 1928 : excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
30 B.C.–A.D 364
Naqada IIa–III (Gerzean) 3650–3300 B.C.
570–526 B.C.
570–526 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
664–332 B.C.
743–712 B.C.
519–487 B.C.
110 B.C.–A.D. 40
690–664 B.C.