Iranian Harp; چنگ در ایران باستان
Video: Recreation of an Elamite harp. I talked about Iranian musical instruments before, but will focus on the harp, used in Iranian music for thousands of years until the 17th C, and now being brought back by various musicians
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Recreation of harp from Choga Mish, Iran, 6800 BCE
چنگِ ایرانیِ چغامیش
See original videos as well.
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One of the sealings from Choga Mish
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Elamite depictions of various harps, including horizontal and vertical (also see: iranicaonline.org/articles/harp )
1: Kul-e Farah Musicians-Harps & Square drum
2: Instruments-Double Flute, Tambourine, Harp
3-4: Arjan bowl
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Other Elamite depictions
Elamite harp parts, now @MuseeLouvre
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Surviving Pazyryk Scythian harp, and other Asian harps
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Parthian & Achaemenid depictions of harpist
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Another harpist
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Chorasmian/ Khwarezmian Harpist
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Early #Sasanian harpist, Bishapur
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Harpist from Sasanian bowl
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Bahram Gur and Azadeh
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Bahram Gur and Azadeh with harp
Sasanian & post-Sasanian
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Harp players from Taqe Bostan, Iran
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Harp players from Taqe Bostan, Iran
Taqe Bostan, drawings
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Post-Sasanian plate with musicians including harpist
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Kafir Kala, Sogdian depiction of harp among other instruments
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Depictions of Sogdian musicians in China
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Usrushana, 8C, Harps and Lute, photo with thanks to @eranudturan
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1256-1353, Ilkhanid depiction of harp, now @ClevelandArt
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Harpists from 1553 & 1529, along with Daf player
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