Idiophones of the Ancient Near East: In the Collections of the British Museum

ISBN-13: 9781611439564 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 123 str.

Richard Dumbrill

Opis

This book is a catalogue of the idiophones acquired by the Department of the Near East of the British Museum since the mid-nineteenth century. It includes clay rattles principally from Ur, dating from the third millennium BC; shell clappers; copper and bronze clappers and cymbals from Nimrud and from other prestigious locations and a remarkable collection of bronze bells mainly from Nimrud, unearthed by Layard around 1850. The book gives an accurate description of the objects along with former references and a comprehensive bibliography.