Idiophones of the Ancient Near East : In the Collections of the British Museum /
Dumbrill, Richard
Idiophones of the Ancient Near East : In the Collections of the British Museum / Richard Dumbrill. - 1 online resource (123 p.)
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Note on the numbering of objects -- Principal Table of Contents -- I. Clay Rattles -- II. Shell Clappers -- III. Brass Cymbals and Clappers -- IV. Bronze Bells
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781611439564 9781463233877
10.31826/9781463233877 doi
Percussion instruments--Catalogs and collections.
HISTORY / Ancient / General.
ML462.L6 / .D863 2011
786.82195607442142
Idiophones of the Ancient Near East : In the Collections of the British Museum / Richard Dumbrill. - 1 online resource (123 p.)
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Note on the numbering of objects -- Principal Table of Contents -- I. Clay Rattles -- II. Shell Clappers -- III. Brass Cymbals and Clappers -- IV. Bronze Bells
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781611439564 9781463233877
10.31826/9781463233877 doi
Percussion instruments--Catalogs and collections.
HISTORY / Ancient / General.
ML462.L6 / .D863 2011
786.82195607442142