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Ur<br />

● Site of the “Royal Cemetery”<br />

uncovered by Sir Leonard Woolley,<br />

English archaeologist<br />

● Site contained chariots, headdresses,<br />

lyres, jewelry<br />

● Classic example: lyres with bearded<br />

bull (upper left)<br />

● The blue is constructed from lapis<br />

lazuli crystals<br />

● Lower graphic is a typical Sumerian<br />

theme: animals with human faces<br />

● This comes from the front panel of a<br />

lyre

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