Detail of the standard of Ur showing a Sumerian Harpist and a Ruler, about 2600-2400 BC. Artist: Unknown
Sujet

Detail of the standard of Ur showing a Sumerian Harpist and a Ruler, about 2600-2400 BC. Artist: Unknown

Légende

Detail of the standard of Ur showing a Sumerian Harpist and a Ruler, from a Royal tomb at Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC. Inlay of shell, red limestone, and lapis lazuli in Bitumen on a hollow box. The main panels are known as 'War' and 'Peace'. The 'Peace' panel depicts animals, fish and other goods brought in procession to a banquet. Seated figures drink whilst a musician plays a lyre. From the British Museum's collection.

Date

30 nov. 1999

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/CM Dixon

Notre référence

HRM19B76_079

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,3Mo (2,9Mo) / 38,4cm x 32,8cm / 4535 x 3878 (300dpi)

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