Bell with heads of a ram, a jackal, and a bovine wearing a yoke ending in uraei, Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 B.C., From Egypt, Leaded bronze, H. 4.4 × W. 4.3 × D. 4 cm (1 3/4 × 1 11/16 × 1 9/16 in.), Bells began to appear in Egypt about the 8th century BC. This elaborate bell is decorated with heads of animals: a bovine wearing a yoke ending in uraei, a ram, a jackal, and a snake. The clapper is missing
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Bell, heads, ram, jackal, bovine wearing, yoke ending, uraei, Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 B.C, Egypt, Leaded bronze, H, 4.4, W, 4.3, D, 4 cm, 1 3/4, 11/16, 9/16, Bells, 8th century BC, elaborate bell, decorated, animals, snake, clapper, missing
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