Lyre
Object Number:
30-12-253
Current Location:
Iraq's Ancient Past
Provenience:
Iraq
Ur
Locus:
PG 1237
Section:
Near Eastern
Materials:
Silver
Description:
CBS Register: silver harp, boat shaped, decorated with silver stag in round, amid copper plants.
Woolley field notes: "Harp of silver throughout [;] the body is boat-shaped and the front upright is supported by a silver statue of a stag 070 high, its forefeet resting in the crook of a long-stemmed arrow-leafed plant which rises up on each side of the head (this is copper).
3 samples found in Sam Nash's cabinets and dessicators.
Credit Line:
Joint British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq
Other Number:
| U.12355 | - | Field No SF |
| B17972 | - | Old Museum Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Iraq's Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur's Royal Cemetery ( Oct 2009 - Jun 2010)
Bibliography:
[Book] de Schauensee, Maude. 2002. Two Lyres from Ur. 125.
You may also be interested in these objects:
My Finds
