Drum

Reddish beige paste ceramic drum with caliche inclusions. It has a truncated conical head tending towards a hemispherical shape with the edge extended inwards. The spine is truncated conical, clearly marking the strangulation of the neck. His foot has been reconstructed.

The absence of ceramic additions or marks to facilitate the tension of the head with strings indicates that the skin would be glued to the soundboard.

Morphologically, these ceramic pieces are wheel-shaped with calcareous paste, the same type of paste used for saraqusti table ceramics.

The darbuka is a general term for a type of simple cup and head drum made of ceramic, wood or metal, and, today, fiberglass. It is a very common instrument both in rural areas and for urban musical practices throughout the Arab world and the Islamic Middle East. The most common execution technique is under the arm or on the legs.

Jiménez and Bill propose the hypothesis that the term Darbuka is incorrect, based on the similarities that the drums in the archaeological record present with the common ta'arija, which can currently be found in Morocco, manufactured in series and very popular in domestic and used contexts. by women and children, as would be the case of archaeologists.

According to Aranzazu Mendívil's research, there are parallels in Zaragoza, Lérida, Madrid, Valencia and Córdoba.