10117http://www165.123.244.137/subject/10117/MuseumBritish MuseumObject TypeHarps and LyresSeason Number06: 1927-1928MaterialBitumenMaterialGoldMaterialLapis LazuliMaterialPigmentMaterialWoodU Number10412British museum reports 2-3 reconstructions of harp and a possible additional harp, listed as subletters under BM Big Number 121198.Description (Modern)HarpDescription (Catalog Card)Harp The upright of wood with gold cap, bound below with gold and with a bitumen shoe: in the upright are the keys, copper nails with gilt heads. The body has disappeared, but there was a vertical border of gold and lapis along the edge. On the body stood a wooden sounding-box, the edge inlaid with shell having patterns in red paint and lapis. The head of the harp, in front, was a gold bulls head with eyes, hair, and beard of lapis. Found in very bad condition, all the wood gone and only the decoration left, but that virtually in its original positionWoolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)at the head of the trench in which are graves PG 800-813Material (Catalog Card)WoodMaterial as described by WoolleyMaterial (Catalog Card)Lapis lazuliMaterial as described by WoolleyMaterial (Catalog Card)PigmentMaterial as described by WoolleyMaterial (Catalog Card)BitumenMaterial as described by WoolleyMaterial (Catalog Card)GoldMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (BM Big Number)121198Museum Number (BM Registration Number)1928,1010.1