A faience ear stud in the pattern of a white flower on blue background with a red centre. The plug of this piece is missing. It was a gift from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Ear studs became popular from the Eighteenth Dynasty. At times the hole in the ear was so large so that the lobe was a thin strip of skin. For parallels, see Brovarski et al. (1981, p. 231), Freed et al. (1999, p. 261, pl. 198) Lacovara et al. (2001, pp. 114–115).

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