Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Maenads and a tambourine player

 


A cylindrical pyxis featuring four dancing maenads with a tambourine player. 

Provenance:?
Substance: bronze. 
Dimensions: height 7.2 cm, upper diameter 4 cm, lower diameter 5.5 cm. 
Era: 2nd century CE. 
Photo: Marwān Mislmānī.  
Collection: National Museum of Damascus (acquired in 1950). 



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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