This seated, amply robed woman supports a triangular-shaped lyre with her left hand and shoulder, while she manipulates the instrument with the fingers of her right hand.
Provenance:Ḥamā Governorate (discovered in 1934).
Dimensions: 16.9 x 10 x 5 cm.
Era: Roman.
Photo: Marwān Mislmānī.
Collection: National Museum of Damascus (acquired in 1948).
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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