The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 6, 2026

A circular bronze earring, aged with a thick, textured green patina, features a break on the left. A rounded, translucent brown glass bead is threaded onto the right side of the hoop. Suspended from the bottom, a short vertical pendant carries a similar glass bead near its base. The aged composition contrasts the rough, oxidized metal against the smooth, amber-toned surfaces of the glass accents.

Earring

30 BCE–395 CE

Egypt, Greco-Roman period

(332 BCE–395 CE), Roman empire (30 BCE–395 CE)
bronze and glass
Diameter: 2.5 cm (1 in.)
Gift of the British School of Archaeology in Egypt 1915.7.2
Location: Not on view
  • Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 544, cat. no. 477
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