Earring

Object Number:

MS3345C

Current Location:

Etruscan Italy Gallery

Culture:

Etruscan

Provenience:

Italy

Date Made:

599-500 BC

Early Date:

-599

Late Date:

-500

Section:

Mediterranean

Materials:

Gold

Description:

Earring (of "a baule" type). Cylindrical, a section open. The decoration of the exterior is divided into 2 sections: a panel witha central boss and a boss in each of the 4 corners; a panel with 3 low horizontal ridges with plain bands between them. A very thin pin extends across the opening in the center.

Height:

1cm

Outside Diamater:

1.3cm

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Classical Gallery: Etruscan (1975 - 2000)

Silk Road Highlights Supplement - Exhibition

Etruscan World (15 Mar 2003)

Bibliography:

[Catalogue] Turfa, Jean M. 2005. Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: 215-216, C5

[Catalogue] White, Donald and Ann Blair Brownlee, Irene Bald Romano, Jean MacIntosh Turfa. 2002. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: 22

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