The Lyres of Ur or Harps of Ur is a group of four string instruments excavated in a fragmentary condition at the Royal Cemetery at Ur in modern Iraq from...
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Headed Lyre is one of the oldest string instruments ever discovered. The lyre was excavated in the Royal Cemetery at Ur during the 1926–1927 season of an...
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from the Fertile Crescent are known as the eastern lyres and are distinguished from other ancient lyres by their flat base. They have been found at archaeological...
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is a testimony of Ur's economic importance during the Early Bronze Age. Excavation in the old city of Ur in 1929 revealed the Lyres of Ur, instruments similar...
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the tomb of Puabi, housed at the British Museum Queen's Lyre, one of the Lyres of Ur, Ur Royal Cemetery. Inlay with two standing goats, Ur, Tomb PG 800...
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known string instruments, the Lyres of Ur, which includes the Bull Headed Lyre of Ur. There are several surviving works of written music; the Hurrian songs...
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found in the tomb of Puabi, housed at the British Museum Queen's Lyre, one of the Lyres of Ur, Ur Royal Cemetery. Cylinder seal of Queen Puabi, found...
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The Standard of Ur is a Sumerian artifact of the 3rd millennium BC that is now in the collection of the British Museum. It comprises a hollow wooden box...
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Puabi (redirect from Shub-Ad of Ur)
Puabi's Lyre, one of the Lyres of Ur, Ur Royal Cemetery Inlay with two standing goats, Ur, Tomb PG 800 Silver lioness head finial for the arm of a chair...
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culture the harp originated. Far more bull lyres survive in Ur of Mesopotamia, notably the Bull Headed Lyre of Ur, though they are nearly identical to their...
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