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19-JUN-2011

Ankara june 2011 7117.jpg

Detail of a limestone statue of the goddess Kybele, accompanied by two musicians, one playing a double flute, the other a cithara. Dated 6th century BC (Phrygian period).
Found in Boğazköy, in the forecourt of the south east gate.

On the picture: The musician which is playing a cithara.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Sources: ‘Guide to Boğazköy’ – Prof. Kurt Bittel & Wikimedia Commons.

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