Object class: Chordophones (stringed instruments) / Object type: archaeology / Collection place: Asia - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Lyre, accession number 9-12847, described as Harp reproduction; soundbox Bird's Eye maple; two mahogany posts inlaid with 288 pieces of blue enamel on copper; on front post is wood bull's head overlaid with 23K gold leaf; bull's beard, forehead and horn-tips blue/white sodalite, obsidian eyes; below bull's head are four low relief panels of contemporary scenes; on rear post are 2 upright goats in low relief; crossbar inlaid with single blue/white sodalite at each end; 13 pegs above, 12 strings; height 1.19 m to top of pegs, length 91.5 cm (crossbar). Reproduction of Sumerian specimen (made in Quincy, Mass. by Eli Richman). Original harp excavated by Sir Leonard Wooley from Ur, Mesopotamia, circa 3,000 BC. Original is no. U.10556 and is in the University Museum, Philadelphia (Kilmer).