On an obelisk belonging to the time of Asshur-izir-pal we see a band composed of two cymbal-players and two performers on the lyre.

A slab of Sennacherib's exhibits four harpers arranged in two pairs, all playing with the _plectrum_ on the antique harp.

Another of the same date, which is incomplete, shows us a tambourine-player, a cymbal-player, a player on the nondescript instrument which has been called a sort of rattle, and another whose instrument cannot be distinguished.

In a sculpture of a later period, which is represented above, we see a band of four, composed of a tambourine-player, two players on two different sorts of lyres, and a cymbal-player.
It is not often that we find representations of bands containing more than four performers.

On the sculptures hitherto discovered there seem to be only three instances where this number was exceeded.