An account of a reconstruction (for Smith College Museum of Ancient Inventions, Massachusetts) of a lyre, developed by the Sumerians of ancient Iraq around 3200 BCE.
http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/hsc02b.htm
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Photo gallery of treasures once housed in the Iraq Museum in Baghdad. ... Status: Gold torn off This image will be included in an article in the July 2003 issue of National ...
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The bull-headed Lyre held in the museum of Baghdad, has been well featured in the world's press, as a result of events in Iraq. Much interest has been shown in hearing a remade ...
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Please click on an image for a larger version. Bull-headed lyre from tomb of king, Royal Cemetery, Ur. View of lyre before most recent restoration.
http://art.uga.edu/courses/arhi3000/slides/ear_dyn_mesop/bull_lyre.html
Mythological figures, detail of the sound box of the bull lyre, Ur (modern Iraq). Wood with shell inlay, 2680 BCE
http://www.ou.edu/class/ahi1113/html/ch-02-1.htm
Sumerian Great Lyre found at the Royal Tombs of Ur (Royal Cemetary) University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
http://www.historywiz.com/galleries/sumerianbull-lyre.html
Bull lyre Golden Harp of Ur. Some of the priceless artifacts missing are: the Uruk vase, the Golden Harp from Ur, the Uruk Lady, and the Akkadian Head, as well as wome of ...
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Method of Construction Constructed by: Stacey Rolland The process of reconstructing the bull lyre proved a difficult and time-consuming job, and given the lack of detailed textual ...
http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/hsc02c.htm
ARCH 121 / History of Art & Architecture 1: From Caves to Catacombs. Sir Leonard Woolley. Photograph taken c. 1930 Bull Lyre.
http://webfea.fea.aub.edu.lb/arch121/ancient%20near-east/page6.htm
The lyre?s gold-sheeted bull?s head was recovered from the flooded vaults of the Central Bank of Iraq after three weeks of pumping. (The lyre?s reconstructed wooden body was ...
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Baghdad Lyre of Ur : Bull Lyre being played. ... Original Cameos: Golden Lyre Cameos : Cameos : Cameo Maker: Traditional Cameo Production
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A similar bull-lyre is depicted on the Standard of Ur. J. Rimmer, Ancient musical instruments of (London, The British Museum Press, 1969) C.L. Woolley and others, Ur Excavations, vol.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/me/q/queens_lyre.aspx
Sumerian Slides/Sumerian Slide #6540 Bull-headed Lyre.jpg. Home
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The most distinctive element of the Gold Lyre is the bull head on the front of the instrument. The bull was a common symbolic element in Sumerian art religion, symbolizing strength ...
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Bull lyre, from tomb at Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq), wood inlaid with gold, lapis lazuli, shell, ca. 2,600 BCE (G 2-9,10) Bull lyre, from tomb at Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq ...
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