This statuette represents a young woman gently striking a cylindrical drum with both hands. Her face is framed with thick, curvy hair descending in plaits onto her shoulders. She is clad in a long-sleeved tunic forming numerous folds, the radiation of which emphasizes her breasts. The drum appears hanging on her left flank.
Provenance: as-Salamīyyā (
Substance: terracotta.
Dimensions: 142 x 65 x 32 mm.
Era: second century BCE.
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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