Lyre
30-12-253
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 30-12-253 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area | PG 1237 |
| Locus | PG 1237 |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Silver |
| Description | CBS Register: silver harp, boat shaped, decorated with silver stag in round, amid copper plants. Woolley field notes: "Harp of silver throughout [;] the body is boat-shaped and the front upright is supported by a silver statue of a stag 070 high, its forefeet resting in the crook of a long-stemmed arrow-leafed plant which rises up on each side of the head (this is copper). 3 samples found in Sam Nash's cabinets and dessicators. |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1930 |
| Other Number | U.12355 - Field No SF | B17972 - Old Museum Number |
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