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Bell decorated with bound captives

A.D. 62–85
FindspotMeroe, Nubia, Sudan
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 7.9 x 5.6 cm (3 1/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.859
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ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Pyramid Beg. N 18; 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.