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bell

Bell. A bronze bell with high, narrow body surmounted by a cup-like upper area above rounded shoulders. The whole is decorated with vertical rows of rectangles containing conjoined double spirals, each spiral with a central 'eye motif'. At the mouth of the bell are three denticulate rows above a plain band.

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