Musical concert with poetess, lyre and tibia players

A musical concert. A poetess or singer sings from a small volume accompanied by a Tibicine on a tibia (double reed flute) and a Fidicine on a lyre tied to her arm with a ribbon. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1790

Antichità Antiquities Ercolano Flute Fragment Herculaneum Lyre Piroli Poetess Pompeii Tibia Tommaso

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