Earring
Object type: Earring
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Sumerian
Period: Early Dynastic IIIa
Date: ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: 3 × 3 1/8 × 1 9/16 in. (7.6 × 8 × 4 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Ornaments
Geography:      Mesopotamia Ur (modern Tell al-Muqayyar)
Credit line: Dodge Fund, 1933
Accession year: 1933