A pair of Israelite Bronze Cymbals, ca. 930 BCE Fine Art Akhetaten (Tell el-Amarna)

Akhetaten (Tell el-Amarna)

the piece remains complete

and the cardinal axes of the universe

She is wearing a headdress decorated with two strands of beads

Although a radiocarbon test dates this figure to the early Late Period

A pair of Israelite Bronze Cymbals, ca. 930 BCE Fine Art Akhetaten (Tell el-Amarna)Both consist of a circular, flat bronze plate with a pierced domed center designed for attachment to a strap or cord handle. Background: In contrast to the large, thin cymbals familiar today, cymbals from the Biblical period were generally much smaller and thicker in form. Archaeological examples excavated in the Levant and Palestine indicate two principal types: a smaller variety measuring approximately 1. 25 to 2. 5 inches (36 cm) in diameter, such