Wall fresco of a seated woman with a kithara, 40-30 BC, from the Villa Boscoreale of P. Fannius Synistor; Late Roman Republic, but most likely representing Berenice II of Ptolemaic Egypt wearing a stephane (i.e. royal diadem) on her head[16]
Wordless Wednesday– Woman with Kithara
Rose Fairbanks 
And behind her, a child? Slave?
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Your guess may be correct! It is thought that the woman in the forefront is Berenice II of Egypt, wife to Ptolemy III. Together, they ruled Egypt from 246 BC to 222 BC. They were of Greek origin.
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Never heard of a Kithara. Where are they popular? Are they still in use somewhere?
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Kitharas were sort of like lyres but a little more difficult to play. Historians believe it originated in Asia Minor (present day Turkey) and it was popular throughout the Aegean Sea.
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