Gold loop earring

Gold loop earring

Description:

This very simple type of earring existed for a long time on Cyprus.


Diam.: 11/16 in. (1.7 cm)

Period:

Hellenistic

Date:

299 BC - 299 AD

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3831, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.3831