Asor
Sign in to savethumb|200px|Line drawing labeled Asor Assyrien (Assyria|Assyrian Asor). This is a representation of a horizontal [[angular harp. From the 1884 book Histoire de la musique by Henri Marie Lavoix (1846–1897).]]
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- Instance of
- musical instrument
- Image
- Lavoix - Histoire de la musique, 1884 (page 29-1 crop).jpg
- Said to be same as
- harp
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Biblical references
- Bibliography
- See also
- Notes
- References
thumb|200px|Line drawing labeled Asor Assyrien (Assyria|Assyrian Asor). This is a representation of a horizontal [[angular harp. From the 1884 book Histoire de la musique by Henri Marie Lavoix (1846–1897).]]
The asor ( ʿasor; from עשר eśer, meaning "ten") was a musical instrument "of ten strings" mentioned in the Bible. There is little agreement on what sort of instrument it was or to what instruments it had similarities.
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