The attached photo features four pairs of ancient castanets, the first one discovered in 1931 in Ṭafas. Several similar instruments were acquired by the museum between 1952 and 1965.
Substance: bronze.
Dimensions: diameter 5.8-6.5 cm, thickness .5 cm.
Era: Roman.
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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