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A 28cm high, marble harp player from the Cycladic islands, 2700-2300 BCE. It is one of the earliest representations of a musician from the Bronze Age Aegean. (J.Paul Getty museum, Malibu, USA).
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Malibu), M. H. (. A. T. G. V. (2012, October 07). Cycladic Harp Player Figurine. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/915/
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