Reproduction
Object Category
pipes (musical)
Description
Seven joined reed pipes, with knob at bottom of each. Fastened with strip of palm-stick at each side tied with string and resin. Smallest reed broken away at top. shortest pipe stopped with wax.
For replica of this object including sound, see additional files. Notes played by replica with pipes stopped with 1mm wax, from longest to shortest pipe: D6, Eflat6, F6, G6, Aflat6, Bflat6, C7. Sound recording clip plays Pap. Berlin 6870(13-15), tr. Pöhlmann, E. 1970 DAGM p. 170, cat. no. 51, line 13, first five bars. By kind permission E. Pöhlmann.
Collection Place Notes
Unknown
Publications
- William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Objects of Daily Use, 58, pl. L.310
- Swift, Ellen, Creation of Functional Replica Roman and Late Antique Musical Instruments through 3D Scanning and Printing Technology, and their use in research and museum education
Production Period
(precise) Roman Period - (precise) Roman Period
Production Date
30 BC - 395 AD
Material
Dimensions
height: 7.15 cms
length: cms
width: 7.55 cms
diameter: cms
depth: cms
thickness: cms
Associated Period
Accession Number
LDUCE-UC33270
Administration Name
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
