Metadata & Links Content Keywords Israel Archeology Ancient Ancient Israel Metadata Material type Articles in Journals In Israel Exploration Journal Publishers Israel Exploration Society Place of publication Jerusalem Year 1987 Pages 116-122 Volume 37 Issue 2-Mar Languages English Country/Area Israel Author Carol L. Meyers A Terracotta at the Harvard Semitic Museum and Disc-holding Female Figures Reconsidered Copy Link Terracota figurine holding a disc, incl. good photo (plate 7a); article discusses possiblity of female musician playing a hand-held biblical 'top' or drum and involving dance tradition. Related content Soothing Lyres and epôidai: Music Therapy and the Cases of Orpheus, Empedocles and David The Balaĝ Instrument and its Role in the Cult of Ancient Mesopotamia