Bronze cymbal
600–500 B.C.
FindspotTell Dafana, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsOverall: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number87.502
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceFrom the camp of Carian mercenaries, Tell Dafana (Daphnae). 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 1, 1887.
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
1550–1070 B.C.
664–332 B.C.
A.D. 140–155
