Wire earring
Object type: Earring
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Second Intermediate Period–Early New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 17–Early Dynasty 18
Date: ca. 1635–1458 B.C.
Medium: Copper alloy
Dimensions: diam. 1.5 cm (9/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Courtyard CC 41, Pit 3
Locus: Burial E 5, On body
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1915–16
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1916
Accession year: 1916