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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2224187, member: 42773&quot;]You&#039;ll notice that the aulos player in the last video was accompanied by someone playing a tympanum - this is a frame drum, or tambourine, with skin stretched over a frame, played either with a stick or the hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>The tympanum is frequently seen in portrayals of Cybele on Roman imperial coins. Cybele was originally an Anatolian earth-mother goddess, adopted into the Roman pantheon. She had a huge following. Here she is on a denarius of Julia Domna. The tympanum is the round object on the throne, above the lion...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]436253[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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