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The Egyptian 'Uffāṭah Flute
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 March 2011
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The long flute of ancient and modern Egypt is the well-known nāy(Fig. I), so frequently represented since prehistoric times. A short flute which has a wide diameter, is the popular 
(Fig. 2), which has not hitherto been dealt with. The word 'uffāṭa is used in the Sharqīya province, as far, approximately, as Mīt Grhamr (west side), and means generally a short flute, but wide in diameter. The smallest 'uffāṭa is not longer than 20 cm. The instruments reproduced in Fig. 2 measure 42·3 cm., and the diameter varies between 18 and 20 mm. The longest nāy in Fig. 1 is 74·2 cm. long and 11 to 13 mm. in diameter.
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page 103 note 1 Modern flutes of the nāy type (different lengths).
page 103 note 2 Short flutes of the nāy type (at left); two popular iron flutes (from Siwa) and two short flutes of the 'uffāṭa type.
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