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Damsels singing to the Sound of Timbrels

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Damsels singing to the Sound of Timbrels.jpg Horus, the son of Isis, leading the scribe Ani into the presence of Osiris, the god and judge of the deadThumbnailsPlato (from an ancient gem)Horus, the son of Isis, leading the scribe Ani into the presence of Osiris, the god and judge of the deadThumbnailsPlato (from an ancient gem)Horus, the son of Isis, leading the scribe Ani into the presence of Osiris, the god and judge of the deadThumbnailsPlato (from an ancient gem)Horus, the son of Isis, leading the scribe Ani into the presence of Osiris, the god and judge of the deadThumbnailsPlato (from an ancient gem)Horus, the son of Isis, leading the scribe Ani into the presence of Osiris, the god and judge of the deadThumbnailsPlato (from an ancient gem)Horus, the son of Isis, leading the scribe Ani into the presence of Osiris, the god and judge of the deadThumbnailsPlato (from an ancient gem)

The next natural step for the use of music would be that of victory and triumph. The first notice of this kind is the song of Miriam. And here we may rightly conjecture the introduction of an Egyptian, and therefore cultured element. " Miriam took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances " (Exod. xv. 2o).