Earring
Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside
Dynasty: Dynasty 19
Date: ca. 1295–1186 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Gold, lapis lazuli
Dimensions: Diam. 2.5 cm (1 in)
Credit Line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
Accession Number: 10.130.1540Provenance
Formerly in the collection of the Reverend Chauncey Murch (died 1907). Collected between 1883 and 1906 while Murch was a missionary in Egypt. Collection purchased by the Museum from the Murch family with funds provided by Helen Miller Gould, 1910.
— The Metropolitan Museum of Art