Two dark, corroded ancient earrings with loop hoops and cup-shaped bases on a pale gray background.

Silver earring

Two corroded metal earrings sit side by side against a pale gray backdrop. Each has a looped hoop above a short stem that widens into a cup-shaped base, and the left one is pitted and holed at its base.

Look closer: A dark pitted hole in the base of the left earring.

Artist: Unknown
Date: probably 7th century BCE
Medium: Silver
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size: 4000 × 3191 px

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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76

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