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English: Bow harp ca. 2030–1640 B.C., Egypt, Middle Kingdom. Metropolitan Museum of Art info: called a benet, "Originally covered by parchment or animal skin, the sound box would have resonated when the instrument’s five strings were plucked...

Title: Bow harp

Period: Middle Kingdom

Dynasty: Dynasty 12

Date: ca. 2030–1640 B.C.

Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, MMA excavations, 1918–19

Medium: Wood, paint

Dimensions: L. 81.4 cm (32 1/16 in); W. 26.4 cm (10 3/8 in.)

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1919

Accession Number: 19.3.17"
Date 20th century or 21st century
Source Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author Unknown; photo released as public domain by the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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