Bull's head hoop earring

Classification

earring

Culture

Greek (culture)

Dimensions

diameter (inside): 16.6–16.9 mm, diameter (outside): 21.6–28.7 mm; weight: 2.4 g

Date

4th–2nd centuries B.C.

Period

Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)

Material

gold

Iconography

bull's head

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Budapest, Museum of Applied Arts

Inventory

55.158.1

ID

Hyp-1585

References

Oroszlán–Dobrovits 1947, 27, no. 9; Szilágyi–Castiglione 1955, pl. 21; Szilágyi–Castiglione 1961, pl. 17, fig. 2; Szilágyi–Szabó 1974, 63, fig. 40; Szilágyi J. Gy. 1988a, 48, fig. 43; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 72; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 80; Dági, in BullMusHong 105 (2006), 61–63, 237–238, no. 5, figs. 5/a–l

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