Bear with lute-family instrument
Summary
Bear playing an unknown instrument. Possible instruments include rubab, Coptic lute, pandura. Painted between 624-643 A.D. Paintings "represent the transition between Byzantine culture and the new Islamic era."
Country: Jordan
Site: Qusayr 'Amra
Caption: Detail of a bear playing a lute in the southern wall of the frigidarium
Image Date: May 2009
Photographer: Gaetano Palumbo
Provenance: Site Visit
Original: digital CD ETH011 (shared with images from Ethiopia, Lalibela site visit)
Tags
jordan
coptic lute
lute family instruments
musical instruments in art
quseir amra frescos
rubab
antiquities
Date
0000 - 0079
Location
Source
wmf.org
Link
Copyright info
public domain