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bell
Object Type
bell
Museum number
N.157
Description
Large bronze bell: with rounded sides; flange around base and ring holder at the top cast in one piece with the bell. The clapper does not survive, but there are traces of an iron fixture inside the bell at the top centre.
Cultures/periods
Neo-Assyrian
Production date
800BC-700BC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Sir Austen Henry Layard
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
North West Palace
, Room AB
Materials
copper alloy
iron
Technique
cast
Dimensions
Diameter:
5.90 centimetres
Height:
8.20 centimetres
Weight:
320 grammes
Bibliographic references
Curtis & Reade 1994a / Tesoros de asiria en el Museo Britanico: Arte e Imperio
(160)
Curtis & Reade 1995a / Art and empire: treasures from Assyria in the British Museum
(159)
Curtis & Tallis 2012 / The Horse from Arabia to Ascot
(60-66)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2012 24 May - 30 Sep, London, BM, 'The horse: from Arabia to Royal Ascot' 2008-2009 21 Sept-4 Jan, Boston, MFA, 'Art and Empire' 2007 2 Apr-30 Sept, Alicante, MARQ Museum, 'Art and Empire' 2006 1 Jul-7 Oct, Shanghai Museum, 'Art and Empire'
Department
Middle East
Registration number
N.157
Conservation
Treatment
: 11 Feb 1994
Treatment
: 31 Mar 1981
Treatment
: 30 Nov 2007