A quadri-faced box made of ambergris featuring a player with a double flute and a headless woman carrying a vessel.
Provenance:?
Dimensions: 10 x 5.6 x 3.8 cm.
Era: Roman (2nd century CE).
Photo: Marwān Mislmānī.
Collection: National Museum of Damascus (acquired in 1948).
Bašīr Zuhdī. Lamḥā ʿan al-ʾālāt al-musīqīyyā al-qadīmā wa mašāhid al-mūsīqīyyīin ʿala ʾāṯārinā al-fannīyyā. Annales archéologiques arabes syriennes 1972 (pp. 81-121).

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