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)1928,1010.110283http://www165.123.244.137/subject/10283/MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeZoomorphicObject TypeHarps and LyresSeason Number06: 1927-1928MaterialGoldMaterialShellMaterialLapis LazuliMaterialSilverMaterialBitumenU Number10556APopular NameBull headed LyreDescription (Modern)Gold and Lapis lazuli bearded bull's head from lyre. The face, ears, and horns are made from separate pieces of gold. The beard, hair, horn tips, eye rims, and eye irises are made from lapis lazuli. The whites of the eyes are made from shell. 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 scenesWoolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)PG 789Material (Catalog Card)GoldMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM B-number)B17694BMeasurement (X)40Measurement (Y)25Measurement (Z)19AnalyticEyes of head are either Conus or Strombus according to David Reese (2013)30616http://www165.123.244.137/subject/30616/MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypePlaques/ReliefsObject TypeHarps and LyresSeason Number06: 1927-1928MaterialShellMaterialBitumenU Number10556CPopular NameBull headed LyreDescription (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 scenesDescription (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 789Museum Number (UPM B-number)B17684Measurement (Catalog Card)Width across horns 025AnalyticShell Inlay is Pinctada margaritifera according to David Reese