Al-gar

Al-gar (Sum.: music maker), lyre of Babylon that first appeared in the third millennium B.C. and is probably of Semitic origin (89 Galpin, 147 Farmer). Sort by:DefaultTitleDateAscendingDescending Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th edition. London, 1954. New Oxford History of Music. Vol. 1, “Ancient and Oriental Music.” London, 1957.