Lyre Fragment
Plaque
Object Number:
B17694A
Current Location:
In the Artifact Lab
Provenience:
Iraq
Ur
Section:
Near Eastern
Materials:
Shell
Bitumen
Description:
CBS Register: Bull's gold head, and shell inlay plaques. Harp of the king. Reconstructed. PG 789
The shell in the inlay is Pinctada margaritifera
Other Number:
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Ancient Mesopotamia: The Royal Tombs of Ur (1983 - 1998)
Iraq's Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur's Royal Cemetery ( Oct 2009 - Jun 2010)
Bibliography:
[Journal] Adams, Liliana O. "Sumerian Harps from Ur", The American Harp Journal Vol.: 19:2.
[Book] Galpin, Francis W. 1937. The Music of the Sumerians and their Immediate Sucessors the Babylonian and Assyrians. : Page/Fig./Plate: Plate VIII:2
[Catalogue] Zettler, Richard L. and Horne, Lee. 1998. Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur. : Page/Fig./Plate: 53, 55
[Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: 149
[Catalogue] Aruz, Joan. 2003. Art of the First Cities: The Third Millenium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus. : Page/Fig./Plate: 105
[Book] de Schauensee, Maude. 2002. Two Lyres from Ur. 125.
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