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Bell
Nubian
Meroitic Period
Object Place: Sudan, Nubia
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 6.4 x 4.4 cm (2 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number24.917
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ClassificationsMusical instruments
DescriptionOne bell with suspension ring integral; iron loop for clapper undecorated. Clapper missing.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Meroe (Beg. N.), Tomb 5. 1921: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.