Title
Sound box, Bull-headed lyre from tomb 789 (Kings Grave)
Subject
Bulls
Cattle
Livestock
Domestica Animals
Animals
Description
Royal tomb, Ur (present-day Muqaiyir, Iraq)
Creator
Unknown artist
Source
Kleiner, et al.
Gardner's art through the ages: a global history, 13th, Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth, 2009 (9780495410553)
Publisher
Department of Visual Studies
University at Buffalo
Date
ca. 2600 BCE
BCE
Contributor
Joe Easterly
Rights
Type
Still Image
Identifier
VS4328929
je-20081008-2
Date Created
2011-08-26
Date Modified
2011-08-26
Is Part Of
Media Resource Center
Visual Resources Collection
VS001
Extent
approx. 1' 7'' high
Medium
wood with inlaid gold, lapis lazuli, and shell
Spatial Coverage
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Temporal Coverage
protohistoric
Sumerian
Audience
AHI101
UB Only
Collection
Citation
Unknown artist, “Sound box, Bull-headed lyre from tomb 789 (Kings Grave),” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed July 27, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/34877.