SculptureNear Eastern2nd millennium BCE

Standing Female Figure with Earrings

12th-8th century BCE

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Copper

Culture

Near Eastern

Period

Iron Age

Century

2nd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

10.3 x 3.2 cm (4 1/16 x 1 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.

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