209/283 The players are all men, six out of the eleven being eunuchs. The singers consist of six women and nine children of various ages, the latter of whom seem to accompany their singing, as the Hebrews and Egyptians sometimes did, with clapping of the hands. Three out of the first four musicians are represented with one leg raised, as if dancing to the measure. I.] [Illustration: PLATE 132] Bands in Assyria had sometimes, though not always, time-keepers or leaders, who took the direction of the performance. |