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Bronze bell decorated with kneeling captives
Nubian
Meroitic Period, reign of Amanitaraqide
A.D. 40–50
Findspot: Sudan, Nubia, Beg.N Pyr. 16
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 5.8 cm x diameter: 8.7 cm (2 5/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number24.858a
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical instruments
DescriptionBase of hemispherical bell with incised decoration, kneeling captives.
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Pyr. N 16; March 1921, excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan