Sunday, November 30, 2025

Apollo and his Lyre

 


This medallion features a naked Apollo holding a lyre in his right hand. 

Provenance: al-ʿĀl (unearthed in 1937). 
Substance: agate. 
Dimensions: 2 x 1.6 cm. 
Era: Roman (first century CE). 
Photo: Marwān Mislmānī.  


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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