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MS3581
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Italy | Campania | Pompeii (uncertain) | Herculaneum (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS3581 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Italy | Campania | Pompeii (uncertain) | Herculaneum (uncertain) |
| Manufacture Location | Naples |
| Creator | J. Chiurazzi and Fils |
| Date Made | 1903 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Technique | Cast |
| Iconography | Bes | Dogs |
| Description | From Tarbell & Dorsey 1909: The handle consists of a figure of the god Bes on a pedestal, surmounted by a double-faced head. Within the opening of the instrument is a small dog(?) and upon the top another small animal (dog?) |
| Height | 0.35 cm |
| Length | 28 cm |
| Width | 5.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. Chiurazzi and Fils (Foundry); subscription of John Wanamaker, 1902 |
| Other Number | 24141 - Field Museum Number | ED265 - Museum Education Number | ED1055 - Museum Education Number | LO-1903-1 - Found in Collection Number |
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