Greek lyre (musical instrument) with a ceramic sound-box made to resemble a tortoise shell, Athens, 5th-4th century BCE (lemmy.world)

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[-] alleycat@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Description

* Wooden lyre with a ceramic imitation tortoise shell sound-box; restored from remains.

Materials

* wood 
* tortoise-shell

The imitation is so good, it fooled the British museum!

this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2024

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