This statuette features an amply robed seated lady, evidently a musician; she supports a large triangular lyre with her left hand. Her face is round and framed by long curly hair arranged in symmetrical locks and fixed above her head with what appears to be a hairpin; her right hand reaches for an instrument that has five or six vertical strings and a sound box. The head is gently turned to the right, and the woman appears pensive.
Provenance: Ḥamā, found in 1934.
Substance: terracotta.
Dimensions: height 16.9 cm, base 10 cm, thickness 5 cm.
Era: late Hellenistic or early Roman.
Text adapted from Bašīr Zuhdī (p. 96-97).
Photo credit: 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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