Roman musical instruments

Bronze ring with bells 1, sistrum (triangle) and timpani (cymbals) used by Bacchantes from the Museum of Portici 2, bell (tintinnabulum) 3 and stick A, pipes from the Villa Albani 4, flutes or tibia from a basrelief in Casa Guistiniani 5, military horn 6, and lyre in the Kircherian Museum 7. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own 100 Plates of Costumes Religious, Civil and Military of the Ancient Egyptians, Etruscans, Greeks and Romans, Franzetti, Rome, 1802

Bacchantes Bells Cymbals Egyptians Etruscans Flute Greeks Lorenzo Lyre Pipes Rocceggiani Ruga Sistrum Tibia Timpani

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