10556C
| Analytic: | Shell Inlay is Pinctada margaritifera according to David Reese |
| 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 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | PG 789 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | Width across horns 025 |
| U Number: | 10556C |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Object Type: | Figural Objects >> Plaques/Reliefs |
| Object Type: | Games and Music >> Harps and Lyres |
| Season Number: | 06: 1927-1928 |
| Popular Name: | Bull headed Lyre |
| 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. |
| Material: | Organic Remains >> Shell |
| Material: | Organic Remains >> Bitumen |
| Museum Number (UPM B-number): | B17684 |
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
| PG/789 | Woolley called this the 'King's Grave' because of its elaborate death pit that included many weapons. The main chamber, however, had been looted, leaving only a few scattered remains. The death pit contained the remains of more than 60 people, six of whom wore helmets and stood at the dromos/entrance as if to guard it. | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:46 Page:23 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:46 Page:23 | (none) |
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