Airtam Frieze
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Airtam Frieze
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The Airtam Frieze is a sculpture in stone of women, musicians from Kushan Bactria dating to the 1st or 2nd century AD, which was excavated from the ruins of Airtam, near Termez in southern Uzbekistan. Five musicians are represented among acanthas leaves, playing double-flute, drum, lute, harp and cymbals. The sculpture has been thought to have been part of the walls or the entrance of a Buddhist temple. The sculpture is one of the earliest works of art to show a short lute-instrument clearly. Al
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