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The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization is a ten-volume series that collects more than 3,000 years of Jewish cultural artifacts, texts, and paintings, selected by more than 120 internationally recognized scholars.

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Woman Playing Frame Drum
Iron Age II, ninth–eighth century BCE

 

 

The drumhead of this Phoenician-style terra-cotta figurine from Shikmona (south of Haifa) is recessed, suggesting that the drum had only a single head. Figurines like this are typically found in Phoenicia and at sites influenced by Phoenician culture. Biblical references to women playing drums while singing and dancing to celebrate a victory, like Miriam and her companions after the crossing of the Sea of Reeds and the women who greeted Saul after David killed Goliath (Exodus 15:20; 1 Samuel 18:6), suggest that women drummers were common in Israel. The bottom of the figurine is a reconstruction.

Collection of The National Maritime Museum, Haifa. © Zev Radovan / BibleLandPictures.com.

From The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, Volume 1, Ancient Israel, from Its Beginnings through 332 BCE

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