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Nubian
Meroitic Period, reign of Amanikhatashan
A.D. 62–85
Object Place: Sudan, Nubia; Findspot: Nubia, Meroe, Pyramid N XVIII
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 4.5 X 9.7 cm (1 3/4 X 3 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number24.915
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical instruments
DescriptionHemispherical. Sign incised in four places. Clapper and suspension ring missing.
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Pyramid N XVIII. March, 1921: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1924: assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.