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ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Bell with Demotic Inscription

Place FoundEgypt, Africa

Periodprobably Roman Period

Date30 BCE-323 CE

MediumBronze

Credit LineCollected by William A. Shelton, funded by John A. Manget

Dimensions3 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. (9.8 x 5.7 cm)

Object number1921.049

Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - March 2000
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - Present

ProvenanceCollected for Emory University Museum by William Shelton (1875-1959), ca. 1920.

Status

On view

Collections

Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art

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Coin: Obverse: Bust of Emperor with Inscription: IMP(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) AUR(elius) C(aesar) M(arcus), Reverse: Man Holding Spear with Inscription: P(ontifex) M(aximus) TR(ibunicia) P(olestas)VII COS(=Consul)III

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235 CE

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Coin: Herod the Great (Obverse: Helmet with Star above and Two Palm Branches, Reverse: The Temple Tripod with Inscription)

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ca. 2435-2152 BCE

© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University

ca. 2435-2152 BCE

© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University

ca. 2435-2152 BCE

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