Early vertically held large lyres & dancers - rock etchings from Negev, Israel c.2000BCE. These lyres seem to be transitional versions of the large Temple Lyres found at Ur. The lyre is still not true
Details of the early vertically held lyres seen in the Negev rock etchings - p.74, "Music in Ancient Israel/Palestine" Joachim Braun
ANCESTORS OF THE HEBREWS IN ANCIENT EGYPT? Dating from c.1900BCE, this is the famous Mural from the tomb of Khnumhotep II, known from his tomb at Beni Hasan.
Canaanite Lyre Player - from the Beni Hasan Mural in Egypt, c.1900BCE.The lyre had now become portable - the perfect adaptation to the nomadic lifestyle of these possible ancestors of the ancient Hebr
Captive Jewish Lyre players from the time of Solomon's Temple - details of a relief from SW Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh, ca. 701 BC,celebrating the conquest of Jerusalem by the Assyrians
The Biblical Kinnor as depiced on the Simon Bar Kochba coins c.134CE. The Kinnor were the lyres once played by the Levites in the Temple of Jerusalem - remarkably similar to the ancient Greek Kithara!
The Ancient Greek Kithara - remarkably similar to the Hebrew Kinnor, as depicted on the Simon Bar Kochba Coins...
Replica Ancient Greek Kithara - almost identical to the Biblical Kinnor! The Kithara had 7 strings, whereas the Kinnor had 10...
The Ancient Greek Lyra - rear view. The rear view of this instrument is very similar to what may be the Biblical Nevel, as seen on the Simon Bar Kochba & Acco coins...
Seated Roman woman playing a kithara: From Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, c. 40–30 BCE
The Assyrian Hammered Lyre - Details of a relief from SW Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh, ca. 701 BC
The incredibly well-preserved Trossingen Lyre - The Trossingen lyre is an instrument found in a 6th century warrior’s grave in Trossingen, Germany. It is one of the most complete, if not the most c