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| Author: | Liliana Osses Adams |
| Title: | Sumerian Harps from Ur |
| Summary: | This article first appeared in the Internet periodical Zwoje—The Scrolls, 35/2003. Until the mid-19th century, the existence of the Sumerians, early settlers between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, was largely unknown. Excavations began in the 1920s and early 1930s. Among the artifacts found in the excavations were several harps and lyres described in the article. Many of these harps were destroyed during the rampage of the Iraqi National Museum in April 2003. In a postscript the damage to the Harp of Ur, once of these artifacts, is described. |
| Location: | Vol. 19 no. 2, Winter 2003, pp. 9-13 |
| Availability: | available for purchase |
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