The Phandar is a traditional Vainakhish three-string plucked instrument from Chechnya and Ingushetia in the Northern Caucasus.
Vainakhish Phandar
Reconstruction of six-string Phandar from Bazajev V. I.
The pandura or pandore, an ancient Greek string instrument, belonged in the broad class of the lute and guitar instruments. Akkadians played similar instruments from the 3rd millennium BC. Ancient Gre
Phandar
…Related or similar instruments in other Caucasian countries: Georgia - Panduri Ossetia - Dala-Fandyr Dagestan - Tamur-Pandur Adygea - Apa-Pshina Pandura Panduri…
Muse playing a pandoura, detail of a bas relief from Mantineia, 4th century BC (NAMA)
Terracotta figure of a woman playing a pandoura, ca. 300 BC, Cyprus (British Museum)
Ancient Greek Tanagra figurine, 200 BC.
Short lute-family instrument on a Hellenistic-style plaster sculpture made in Hadda, Afghanistan and now at the Guimet Museum in Paris. Estimated date 1st-2nd century AD.