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bibliography and image source: Strommenger, Eva: Fünf Jahrtausende Mesopotamien. München: Hirmer Verlag, pl. XII.

• museum number: IM8694

• excavation number: -

• provenience: Ur (Royal Cemetery)

• dimension(s) (in cm):
height: 120; width: 140

• material: wood (inlaid)

• date: (ca. 2400 BC)

• description:
lyre; decorated with gold bands and inlays (carnelian, shell); bull head in front made of gold sheets

• status: damaged; stripped of its gold bands during looting; golden bull's head had been stored off-site and is reportedly safe

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