M0019753: Ancient Egyptian musical instruments including three harps, a lyre and the sound box of a lute

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Musical instruments including 3 harps, a lyre and the sound box of a lute

Reproduction of a photograph of some musical instruments from Upper Egypt, late 17th to early 19th Dynasty. Published in Hayes, William C: The Scepter of Egypt: A Background for the Study of the Egyptian Antiquities in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 2, 1959. Related images: M0019754, M0019755

December 1963

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.