Fragment of a lintel: Hapiu's female musicians

Unknown (Egyptian)

Item type:

sculpture

Date of creation:

380-343 BCE

Height:

27.2 cm  (10 11/16 in.)

Depth:

3.5 cm  (1 3/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

limestone

Description

Two standing women, one on either side of a tripod. The woman at left plays a barrel drum (slung from her left shoulder) with a hand at either end; the woman at right plays with the fingers of her left hand a lyre.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Drum [2585] (barrel)
Lyre [3501] (6 strings)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

2209