Bronze Bell

Item

Title
Bronze Bell
Inventory Number
A0398
Date Acquired
1909
Source
Magoffin
Provenance
Rome
From Date
Roman
Description
Bell body quadrilateral at base w rounded angles, extended slightly and bulbously at edge, rising to rounded top to which attached pentagonal loop ca square in section; clapper ?of iron w globular end on shaft of "circular section.
State of Preservation
Considerable corrosion; clapper corroded to one side of int.
Height
7.0 cm
Base Diameter
5.3 cm
Color
10R 3/3 (dusky red) with much patination 5G 5/2 (grayish green), some 5G 6/2 (pale green).
Notes
Slide Coll
Type
other
Material
bronze

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