Head of a sistrum
30 B.C.–A.D 364
FindspotEgypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience
DimensionsOverall: 2.5 x 6.4 cm (1 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number86.788
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceFrom Tanis (San el-Hagar). 1884: excavated by William Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund; assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt; October 28, 1885: presented to the MFA at EEF general meeting.
(Accession Date: January 1, 1886)
(Accession Date: January 1, 1886)
about 800 B.C.
664–332 B.C.
50 B.C.–1 A.D.
30 B.C.–A.D 364
30 B.C.–A.D 364
600–500 B.C.
1550–1070 B.C.