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Nubian
Meroitic Period
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Gammai, Grave J 4
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: D. 0.058 H. 0.057
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Oric Bates
Accession Number24.371
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTools and equipment
DescriptionHemispherical with incised horizontal lines. Suspension ring integral, and iron clapper mostly missing.
ProvenanceFrom Gammai, Nubia (Sudan), Grave J 4, object #1. 1915-6: excavated by Oric Bates & Dows Dunham for the Harvard Peabody Museum; 1916: assigned to Oric Bates in the division of finds with the Sudanese government; Sept. 4, 1924: given to the MFA by Mrs. Oric Bates.