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Earring
| Object Number: | MS3345C |
| Current Location: | Etruscan Italy Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Etruscan |
| Provenience: | Italy |
| Date Made: | 599-500 BC |
| Early Date: | -599 |
| Late Date: | -500 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Gold |
| Height: | 1cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 1.3cm |
| Credit Line: | Museum Purchase; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
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.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Classical Gallery: Etruscan (1975 - 2000) | View Objects in Exhibition | |
| Silk Road Highlights Supplement (10 Feb 2011) | View Objects in Exhibition | |
| Etruscan World (15 Mar 2003) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Turfa, Jean M. 2013. The Etruscan World. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 920, fig. 50.5 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Chapter] Turfa, Jean M. "Etruscan" Gold from Cerveteri (and Elsewhere) in the University of Pennsylvania Museum, in Bell, Sinclair & Nagy, Helen. New Perspectives on Etruria and Early Rome: In Honor of Richard De Puma. 91-118. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 94, fig. 6.1; p. 96; p. 98 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M. 2005. Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 215-216, no. 226; p. C5, pl. 23 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] White, Donald, et al. 2002. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 22, no. 34 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Catalogue, Collection] Luce, Stephen B. 1921. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section. : Page/Fig./Plate: p.209, no.15 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference |
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