Bronze bell decorated with kneeling captives
A.D. 40–50
FindspotNubia, Sudan
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsHeight: 5.8 cm x diameter: 8.7 cm (2 5/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.858a
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
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
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.
664–332 B.C.
A.D. 140–155