Lyre Fragment, Bull Head - B17694B | Collections

Object Number:	B17694B
Current Location:	Collections storage
Provenience:	Iraq Ur
Archaeology Area:	PG 789
Section:	Near Eastern
Materials:	Gold Shell Lapis Bitumen Silver
Iconography:	Bull Head
Length:	40cm
Width:	25cm
Depth:	19cm
Credit Line:	British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928
Other Number	U.10556 - Field No SF

CBS Register: Bull's gold head, and shell inlay plaques. Harp of the king. Reconstructed. PG 789
Eyes of head are either Conus or Strombus

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	[Journal] Adams, Liliana O. "Sumerian Harps from Ur", The American Harp Journal Vol.: 19:2.	View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference
	[Book] Galpin, Francis W. 1937. The Music of the Sumerians and their Immediate Sucessors the Babylonian and Assyrians. : Page/Fig./Plate: Plate VIII:2	View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference
	[Catalogue] Zettler, Richard L. & Horne, Lee C. 1998. Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur. : Page/Fig./Plate: 53	View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference
	[Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: 149	View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference
	[Catalogue, Exhibition] Aruz, Joan. 2003. Art of the First Cities: The Third Millenium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus. : Page/Fig./Plate: 105	View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference
	[Book] de Schauensee, Maude. 2002. Two Lyres from Ur. 125.	View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference
	[Book] Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2014. History of the World in 1,000 Objects. : Page/Fig./Plate: Frontis Piece	View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference