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Lyras

Scope note

Bowl lyres of ancient Greece, having a tortoise-shell resonator (or its imitation in wood), skin belly, two carved arms projecting from the bowl and connected at the top by a crossbar, and a variable number of gut strings of equal length. MARCUS

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300042871

Broader Terms used

bowl lyres

Equivalent Terms used

lyra

Created

13yrs ago

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