Earring
Object type: Earring
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Achaemenid
Period: Achaemenid
Date: ca. 6th–4th century BCE
Medium: Gold, turquoise inlay
Dimensions: 0.3 × 0.35 × 6 cm, 31.08g (1/8 × 1/8 × 2 3/8 in., 1.096oz.)
Classification: Metalwork-Ornaments
Geography:      Iran 
Credit line: Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989
Accession year: 1989