Tortoise shell ekeion (sound box) of a lyre, with iron chordotonon (tailpiece for attaching the strings)
from Roca Vecchia (Melendugno (LE)), from a tomb of 13/11/1931
5th c. BCE
Lecce, Museo Provinciale, inv. 3935
On display in the exhibit "La Musica nella Japigia di Aristosseno" (23 April - 23 July 2009)
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