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Tibia
Unknown/Neznan
Pokrajinski muzej Ptuj- Ormož
Ptuj, Slovenia
Tibia
2nd - 3rd century AD
bone, copper, bronze
Ptuj Ormož Regional Museum, GL 102 S
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Details
- Title: Tibia
- Creator: Unknown/Neznan
- Location Created: Ptuj castle, Ptuj Ormož Regional Museum
- Long Description: The tibia (commonly called ‘double pipe’) was a wind instrument made up of two tubes which were excited by double reeds and were played simultaneously by one musician. "The tibia, which has its origin in ancient Greek aulos, was believed to possess magical power; its music pursuing the evil spirits and calling the good ones. In 1988 the archaelogists unearthed remnants recognised as fragments of a tibia (2nd - 3rd century AD) on the site of a house of a rich Poetovian (Roman Poetovio, today's Ptuj, Slovenia). In Europe, finds of instruments from antiquity are exeptionally rare." (dr. Darja Koter)
- Provenance: Pokrajinski muzej Ptuj Ormož/Regional Museum Ptuj Ormož
- Type: musical instrument
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