M. Mikrakis, “Ξύλινα χειρόμορφα κρόταλα από το Ακρωτήρι”, ΑΛΣ 5, 2007, 89–96 (in Greek).
This paper in Als, the periodical edition of the Society for the Promotion of Studies on Prehistoric Thera, is the first archaeological presentation of three recently discovered wooden plaques from the Late Bronze Age settlement of Akrotiri on Thera. Their affinity to Egyptian hand clappers and their use in ritual are discussed. The exchange between the musical cultures of the Aegean and Egypt is reviewed on the basis of a recently enlarged body of evidence including several terracotta sistra (rattles consisting of a handle, a loop-shaped frame and jingling discs on loose rods passed through the frame) as well as a bronze specimen, all excavated in Crete.
