Egyptian bronze finger-cymbals

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Two bronze finger-cymbals of disc shape with a centrally pierced dome. The central piercing would have held a piece of looped chord so that the cymbals could be played between the fore-finger and thumb.

Culture
Egypt, Roman period, c. 1st or 2nd Century AD

Size
5.4 x 1 and 5.7 x 1.2 cms

Condition
Intact as shown

Provenance
Ex. private collection, Devon, UK; acquired early to mid 20th Century

For a similar pair of cymbals in the Petrie Museum, London, please see:
https://collections.ucl.ac.uk/Details/collect/40536

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