Votive Ear
Object type: Votive, plaque, ear
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Bronze or copper alloy
Dimensions: H. 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.); W. 1.7 cm (11/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Hatshepsut Hole
Locus: Debris from the Hathor shrine
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1922–23
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1923
Accession year: 1923