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Lyres of Ur
The Lyres of Ur or Harps of Ur are considered to be the world's oldest surviving stringed instruments. In 1929, archaeologists discovered pieces of three lyres and one harp in Ur, located in what was Ancient Mesopotamia and is contemporary Iraq.〔(Golden Lyre of Ur ), Bill Taylor〕 They are over 4,500 years old.〔
Leonard Woolley led the team that discovered the instruments as part of his excavation of the Royal Cemetery of Ur from 1922 and 1934. The instrument remains were restored and distributed between the museums that took part in the digs.
==History ==
The Lyres of Ur are one of the earliest recorded musical instruments in the world. The lyres come from ancient Mesopotamia during the Early Dynastic III Period (2550-2450 BCE). Leonard Woolley, a British archaeologist, discovered the lyres amongst the bodies of ten women in the Royal cemetery at Ur. One body was even said to be laying against the lyre with her skeletal hand placed where the strings would have been. Upon this discovery, Woolley was quick to pour in a liquid plaster to recover the delicate form of the wooden frame. The wood of the lyres was decayed but since some were covered in nonperishable materials, like gold and silver, they were able to be recovered.
The depictions on the lyres show what great skill and awareness of dimensions the Sumerians knew.
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