Idiophones of the Ancient Near East

In the Collections of the British Museum

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.

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SKU (ISBN): 978-1-61143-956-4

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Publication Date: Apr 5,2011

Interior Color: Color

Trim Size: 8.25 x 10.75

Page Count: 123

Languages: English

ISBN: 978-1-61143-956-4

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Preface (page 5)
Note on the Numbering of Objects (page 7)
Principal Table of Contents (page 8)
I - Clay Rattles (page 9)

Table of Contents (page 10)
Pie-crust rattles (page 11)
Zoomorphic rattles (page 15)
Fructiform rattles (page 21)
Appendix to Clay Rattles (page 23)
General Catalogue of Clay Rattles (page 26)

II - Sell Clappers (page 31)

Table of Contents (page 32)
Appendix to Shell Clappers (page 41)
General Catalogue of Shell Clappers (page 42)

III - Brass Cymbals and Clappers (page 45)

Table of Contents (page 46)
General Catalogue of Bass Cymbals and Clappers (page 52)

IV - Bronze Bells (page 55)

Table of Contents by provenance (page 56)
Table of contents by number (page 57)
Bells from Nimrud (page 58)
Other sites (page 84)
Appendix to Bronze Bells (page 92)
Typology (page 95)
Selected drawings (page 96)
General Catalogue of Bells (page 99)

List of Figures (page 8)
Bibliography (page 8)

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