Saturday, December 6, 2025

A Lute Player

 


This statuette features a woman holding some sort of lute against her torso. She wears a red Phrygian hat and a long-sleeved tunic.

Provenance:?
Substance: terracotta
Dimensions: 12 x 8.5 x 3.8 cm. 
Era: Roman (2nd century CE). 
Photo: Marwān Mislmānī.  
Collection: National Museum of Damascus (acquired in 1960). 


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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