Английская Википедия:Airtam Frieze
Шаблон:Infobox artwork The Airtam Frieze is a sculpture in stone of women, musicians from Kushan Bactria dating to the 1st or 2nd century AD,[1][2] 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.[3] The sculpture has been thought to have been part of the walls or the entrance of a Buddhist temple.[4]
The sculpture is one of the earliest works of art to show a short lute-instrument clearly. Although not likely to be directly related, the instrument has features reminiscent of the citole (Шаблон:Circa), including its shape, four soundholes in the corners of the soundboard, and the position of its bridge at the bottom of the soundboard.
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