the heifer lyre was tenor and the stag lyre was alto. All three were made of wood. The bull lyre stood roughly 1.2 meters high. The sound box was defined by a broad border of mosaic in shell, lapis ...

What it is: A decorated wooden harp or lyre found in an elite grave Where it is from: The Royal Cemetery at Ur, in what is now southern Iraq When it was made: Circa 2600 to 2400 B.C. Related ...