This statuette features a woman standing with her mouth wide open and her right hand placed on the right side of her abdomen. The impression is that of a woman in the process of singing.
Provenance: ?
Substance: terracotta.
Height: 20 cm .
Era: 2nd century BCE.
Photo: Marwān Mislmānī.
Collection: National Museum of Damascus (acquired 1933).
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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