anatomical votive; jewellery

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Object Type: anatomical votive; jewellery
Museum number: 1907,1201.21
Description: Miniature gold model of an ear, offered in hope of, or gratitude for, a cure from an illness.
Cultures/periods: Orientalising Period
Production date: 650BC-600BC (circa)
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: The British Museum
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Temple of Artemis (Ephesus)
Materials: gold
Dimensions: Length: 0.90 centimetres; Weight: 1 grains
Bibliographic references: Jewellery / Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum. (923)
Location: On display (G13/dc5)
Acquisition date: 1907
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1907,1201.21

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