A lyre with the head of a bearded bull (West Asia) -. Probably a bull-headed lyre (restored) from Tomb 789 ("King's Grave"), Royal Cemetery, Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar), Iraq, ca. 2600 BCE. Gold leaf and lapis lazuli over a wooden core, approx. 5' 5" high. ©TopFoto.

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Caption: A lyre with the head of a bearded bull (West Asia) -. Probably a bull-headed lyre (restored) from Tomb 789 ("King's Grave"), Royal Cemetery, Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar), Iraq, ca. 2600 BCE. Gold leaf and lapis lazuli over a wooden core, approx. 5' 5" high. ©TopFoto

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Keywords: ANCIENT CIVILISATION • ANCIENT • ARCHAEOLOGY • BULL • CIVILIZATIONS • CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY • HISTORIC • HORNS • IRAQ • LIRA • LYRA • LYRE • MUSICAL INSTRUMENT LYRE • MUSICAL INSTRUMENT • PEGS • STRINGED INSTRUMENT • STRINGS • SUMERIAN