Figurine of a musician

Unknown (Syrian)

Item type:

sculpture

Date of creation:

ca. 70-200

Height:

17.8 cm  (7 in.)

Width:

5.2 cm  (2 1/16 in.)

Depth:

4.4 cm  (1 3/4 in.)

Diameter:

4.4 cm  (1 3/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

terracotta with traces of red slip

Place of creation:

Qal‘at aş Şāliḩīyah (deserted settlement, Sūrīyah)

Description

Figurine of a standing female with a harp held against her left shoulder

Iconclass

48C751
one person with musical instrument, not playing
48C7322
harp

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harp [3285]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Downey, Susan B. Terracotta figurines and plaques from Dura-Europos (Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, 2003) 86–87, no. 39, fig. 37.

Notes

Greco-Roman period. Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (Wall Street behind the Synagogue), present-day Syria, 1928–37

RIdIM record id

6189