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Small bell: egg-shaped bell, with the circular edge of the cup now much damaged. The handle, now broken, is supported on a rectangular capital. The outside of the bell is decorated with three animal heads, of a ram, lioness (at the back), and jackal; on the front is a head of Bes. Inside the bell a circular hole at the top gives on to the hollow capital.

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