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.
Collection: National Museum of Damascus.
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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