Cypriot woman playine lyre 300 BCE

"The earliest reference to the word (Lyre) is the Mycenaean Greek ru-ra-ta-e, meaning "lyrists" and written in the Linear B script. In classical Greek, the word "lyre" could either refer specifically to an amateur instrument, which is a smaller version of the professional cithara and eastern-Aegean barbiton, or "lyre" can refer generally to all three instruments as a family. The English word comes via Latin from the Greek."

-taken from wikipedia

Cypriot woman playine lyre 300 BCE. Current location: British Museum.

Source:

https://twitter.com/britishmuseum/status/981839952852942848

 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyre