The horizontal forearm harp: Assyria's national instrument
A horizontal harp, strung with seven to nine strings and usually decorated with a finial in the shape of a human forearm, is likely to have been a symbol of the Neo-Assyrian state. Various features distinguish this musical instrument from contemporary Elamite harps, and from other harps in Mesopotam...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2014
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Iraq
Year: 2012, Volume: 74, Pages: 75-87 |
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Forearm
B Palaces B Gestures B Harps B Libations B Zhengs B Musicians B Processions |
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