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29-109-117B

From: Europe

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-109-117B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Late Roman
Provenience Europe
Period Late Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Copper
Iconography Bird?
Description

Copper. Dome shaped with high project (the upper suspension section mostly missing) on top and 3 projects around circumference. Bird? No tongue (Catalogue Card)

Late Roman. Iron? Numbered inside. May once have had a clapper. Unusal shape with 3 projections and a hole on roughtly dome-shaped surface. Ring for suspension is broken. Bottom is chipped. Dark brown with much green discoloration. Poor condition. (Musical Instrument Card)

Length 3.5 cm
Outside Diameter 2.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900
Other Number I-116 - Seder Number

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