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title: Gem: Grasshopper Playing the Lyre.
author: British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3808/gem-grasshopper-playing-the-lyre/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Gem: Grasshopper Playing the Lyre.
_Authored by British Museum_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3808.jpg)
## Image Caption
Sard gem engraved with a grasshopper marching to the right, wearing a lion-skin and playing on a [lyre](https://www.worldhistory.org/Lyre/). Length: 1 centimetres Height: 1.3 centimetres 1st-3rd centuries CE London, BM, 1814,0704.1447.
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=436343&partId=1&searchText=roman+music&images=true&page=1) by **British Museum**. Submitted by [James Lloyd](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jtl203/ "User Page: James Lloyd"), published on 16 April 2015. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.