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For the Sixtieth Jubilee of the Poet Hayyim Nahman Bialik
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Yeshurun sings, when in him it sees a delicate beauty in the bloom of her youth playing the lyre in her bosom’s embrace, her song gladdening the sorrowful heart. A charming doe [even] without kohl…

Contributor:

David Saliman Tsemah

Places:

Baghdad, Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq (Baghdad, Iraq)

Date:

1933

Subjects:

Music, Dress, Women, Poets, Poetry

Categories:

Poetry
Jeshurun
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Jeshurun sings when they see him Tender beauty in her youth She plays and her violin is on her bosom And its singing brings gladness to the heart of the gloomy An unadorned graceful gazelle Embellish…

Contributor:

David Saliman Tsemah

Places:

Baghdad, Mandatory Iraq (Baghdad, Iraq)

Date:

1932

Subjects:

Music, Dress, Women, Israel/Israelis

Categories:

Poetry
Assurbanipal Feasting in Palace Garden
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Assurbanipal Feasting in Palace Garden, relief from the palace of Assurbanipal (reigned 669–627 BCE) in Nineveh. The king and his queen are surrounded by ornamental and fruit trees, palms, and vines…

Places:

Nineveh, Assyria (Mosul, Iraq)

Date:

669–627 BCE

Subjects:

Monarchy, Food and drink, Music, Ecology

Categories:

Sculpture
Relief of figure on chair and figure reclining on sofa, surrounded by foliage, as several smaller figures wave fans, carry platters, and play instruments.
Musicians in a Relief from Nineveh
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Depicted in a relief from Sennacherib’s Palace in Nineveh, these musicians, followed by an Assyrian soldier, hold stringed instruments against their chests, plucking the strings as they walk. Dressed…

Places:

Nineveh, Land of Israel (Mosul, Iraq)

Date:

Early 7th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Music

Categories:

Sculpture, Architecture
Wall relief showing three bare-headed musicians in tunics holding stringed instruments against their chests, with bearded soldier holding weapon behind them.