Description Britannica Cithara Asiatic Cithara.jpg	English: Man playing an asiatic cithara or rotta (from a fresco).
Date	published 1911
Source	Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed., Vol. 6, p. 397
Author	Unknown author Unknown author
Permission ( Reusing this file )	Public domain Public domain false false This image comes from the 13 th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.

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Fig. 5. — Asiatic Cithara in transition (or rotta). From a fresco at Beni-Hasan ( c. 1700 B.C.).