The Great Golden Lyre of Ur

c. 2500 BC · Sumer

The Great Golden Lyre of Ur, from Sumer, dated c. 2500 BC. It was found at Ur. Today it is kept at the Iraq Museum, Baghdad.

Date

c. 2500 BC

Civilization

Sumer

Found at

Ur

Where it is today

Iraq Museum, Baghdad

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  c. 2500 BC

  The Queen’s Lyre of Ur

• 
  c. 2500 BC

  Cow’s head from the Silver Lyre

• 
  c. 2600–2500 BC

  Headdress

• 
  c. 3000–2900 BC

  Sealing with the symbols of Sumerian cities

• 
  c. 2600 BC

  Inlaid sceptre from the Royal Cemetery

• 
  c. 2600–2500 BC

  Necklace

All museum pieces