Decorated iron bell
A.D. 140–155
FindspotMeroe, Nubia, Sudan
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueBronze, iron
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 8.6 × 8.8 cm (3 3/8 × 3 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.857a
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Pyr. N 29; 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.
A.D. 140–155
30 B.C.–A.D 364
30 B.C.–A.D 364
600–500 B.C.
1550–1070 B.C.
664–332 B.C.
A.D. 40–50
A.D. 62–85
A.D. 62–85
