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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: | 1 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 1.3 cm |
| 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 | |
| Classical World - Etruscan World (15 Mar 2003) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Turfa, Jean M. 2013. The Etruscan World.. New York. Routledge. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 920, fig. 50.5 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Chapter] Nagy, Helen, and Bell, Sinclair, and Turfa, Jean M. 2009. "Etruscan Gold from Cerveteri (and Elsewhere) in the University of Pennsylvania Museum". New Perspectives on Etruria and Early Rome: In Honor of Richard De Puma. Madison. University of Wisconsin Press. pg. 91-118 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 94, fig. 6.1; p. 96; p. 98 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M. 2005. Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 215-216, no. 226; p. C5, pl. 23 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M., and Romano, Irene B., and Brownlee, Ann B., and White, Donald J. 2002. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 22, no. 34 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Catalogue, Collection] Luce, Stephen B. 1921. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section.. Philadelphia. University Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: p.209, no.15 | View Objects related to this |
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