Tympanum (hand drum)
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For other uses, see Tympanum (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Timpani or Tympanum (architecture).
In ancient Greece and Rome, the tympanon (τύμπανον) or tympanum, was a type of frame drum or tambourine. It was circular, shallow, and beaten with the palm of the hand or a stick. Some representations show decorations or zill-like objects around the rim. The instrument was played by worshippers in the rites of Dionysus, Cybele, and Sabazius.[1]
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The instrument came to Rome from Greece and the Near East, probably in association with the cult of Cybele.[2] The first depiction in Greek art appears in the 8th century BC, on a bronze votive disc found in a cave on Crete that was a cult site for Zeus.[3][4]