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Bronze cymbal

30 B.C.–A.D 364
FindspotTell Nabasha, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsOverall: 5.7 x 0.7 cm (2 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number87.465
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ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceFrom Tell Nabasha. 1886, excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; presented to the MFA at EEF fifth annual general meeting; sent over June 24, 1887. (Accession date: June 24, 1887)