File:Lute, 20th dynasty.jpg
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English: Lute found in the Goshen cemetery by the team of Flinders Petrie. This image was given to the Encyclopedia Britannica by Petrie. At the time, the image was attrituted to the 20th dynasty.
This is an example of a short-necked lute. Short necked lutes (such as the oud and barbat were not related directly to this instrument; these came from Central Asia. |
| Date | circa 1189 BC–1077 BC, 20th dynasty of Egypt |
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition, article "Lute": http://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/43254/pg43254-images.html |
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Photo from Encyclopedia Britannica, given to that encyclopedia by Professor Flinders Petrie. He led excavations in Egypt, reported on in the book Hyksos and Israelite Cities (by W. M. Flinders Petrie and J. Garrow Duncan, 1906 (double volume), Brit. Sch. of Arch). Text about the figurine after its discovery from the 1906 book Hyksos and Israelite cities by W. M. Flinders Petrie: "Grave 489 measured 60 inches x 30 x 30; the skeleton lay on back, and with the head to the south-west. In this tomb the fine terra-cotta figure of a woman seated, playing the mandoline, was found (see Pl. XXXVII B). This unique figure is decorated with a diamond check pattern in black lines on the chest, and the musical instrument with a double wavy line, crossing and re-crossing to form a series of small circles. It is a piece of very clever modelling. The profile and the pose of the head and neck give to the figure an absorbed expression, which is striking when we consider the very simple treatment. The piece shows evidence of Cypriote art, and probably dates from about the XIXth-XXth dynasty."[1] Popular science published a picture of the statuette: Popular Science. |
- ↑ W. M. Flinders Petrie (1906) Hyksos and Israelite cities, pp. 38−39
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