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Bull Headed Lyre of Ur

one of the oldest stringed instruments ever discovered

Lyre with Bull’s Head
Lyre Fragment, Bull Head

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archaeological artifact

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3. millennium BCE

2600 BCE

2300 BCE

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reference URL

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2016/05-06/mesopotamia-ur-royal-tombs/

2450 BCE

sourcing circumstances

circa

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reference URL

https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/9347

2550s BCE

earliest date

2550s BCE

latest date

2450s BCE

sourcing circumstances

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https://beckchris.wordpress.com/visual-arts/art-history-101-part-ia-prehistoric-era-399-ce/

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Bull Headed Lyre of Ur.jpg
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https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bull_Headed_Lyre_of_Ur&oldid=911475241

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Lyre Fragment, Bull Head (English)

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reference URL

https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/9347

Lyre with Bull’s Head (English)

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stated in

Make Lists, Not War

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https://beckchris.wordpress.com/visual-arts/art-history-101-part-ia-prehistoric-era-399-ce/

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https://beckchris.wordpress.com/visual-arts/art-history-101-part-ia-prehistoric-era-399-ce/

June 2020

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https://beckchris.wordpress.com/visual-arts/art-history-101-part-ia-prehistoric-era-399-ce/

retrieved

June 2020

location

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

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imported from Wikimedia project

English Wikipedia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bull_Headed_Lyre_of_Ur&oldid=925118937

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https://beckchris.wordpress.com/visual-arts/art-history-101-part-ia-prehistoric-era-399-ce/

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https://beckchris.wordpress.com/visual-arts/art-history-101-part-ia-prehistoric-era-399-ce/

June 2020

unknown value

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https://beckchris.wordpress.com/visual-arts/art-history-101-part-ia-prehistoric-era-399-ce/

made from material

gold

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https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/9347

seashell

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https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/9347

lapis lazuli

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reference URL

https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/9347

rock asphalt

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https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/9347

silver

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https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/9347

depicts

bull

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collection

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

inventory number

B17694B

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reference URL

https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/9347

inventory number

B17694B

collection

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

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reference URL

https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/9347

location of discovery

Iraq

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reference URL

https://beckchris.wordpress.com/visual-arts/art-history-101-part-ia-prehistoric-era-399-ce/

Ur

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https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/9347

location of creation

Iraq

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length

40 centimetre

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https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/9347

width

25 centimetre

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reference URL

https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/9347

horizontal depth

19 centimetre

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reference URL

https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/9347

described at URL

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2016/05-06/mesopotamia-ur-royal-tombs/

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https://beckchris.wordpress.com/visual-arts/art-history-101-part-ia-prehistoric-era-399-ce/

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Bull Headed Lyre of Ur

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Google Knowledge Graph ID

/g/11h6v12bg5

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zhwiki 牛頭里拉琴

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