Instrument: Clapper

Description:

Clapper

Artist:

Artist Unknown

Medium:

Ivory

Dimensions:

L. 20.1 cm; W. 6 cm; D. 1 cm

Context:

Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt; MMA excavations, 1920–21, cemetery south of pyramid below House A1:1, Pit 885

Date:

Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12—mid-Dynasty 13, ca. 1900–1640 BCE

Inventory Number:

22.1.146

Lender:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Credit:

Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922