10556C

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MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania Museum

Object TypePlaques/Reliefs

Object TypeHarps and Lyres

Season Number06: 1927-1928

MaterialShell

MaterialBitumen

U Number10556C

Popular NameBull headed Lyre

Description (Catalog Card)[A] Bull's head. Gold, with lapis hair between the horns and a lapis beard set in silver; the gold horns are tipped with lapis. [B]The body was of wood (see Field Notes) and down the front are [C] shell plaques with engraved mythological scenes

Description (Modern)Shell plaques for the front of the harp. Four scenes, one on top of the other. Bottom shows a scorpion man being served by an antelope, ontop are two animals playing a bull headed harp that references this object. On top of this is a lion and lioness preparing food, and the top is a wild man holding two bulls with human faces.

Find Context (Catalog Card)PG 789

Museum Number (UPM B-number)B17684

Measurement (Catalog Card)Width across horns 025

AnalyticShell Inlay is Pinctada margaritifera according to David Reese