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The plating of the bull's head had collapsed and torn once the wooden core had deteriorated. The bitumen of the front panel had been pulverized, dislodging the shell inlay. Both were originally restored at the British Museum. When they arrived at the Penn Museum a new sound box was created, and painted by watercolorist M. L. Baker. [3]
Below the head is a front panel made of shell inlay set into bitumen. [14] This panel depicts a figure holding onto a bull's horns above, and animals acting as humans below. The bull head itself likely represents the sun god Utu, who was thought to be able to descend into the underworld. [5] The lyre is held in the Penn Museum in Philadelphia.
On November 16, 2019, [8] the Penn Museum debuted a newly renovated African gallery alongside many other new galleries and rooms. Penn professor of Sociology and Africana Studies, Dr. Tufuku Zuberi, [ 9 ] was appointed as the head curator for the new Africa exhibit, [ 10 ] and approached his former student Breanna Moore about designing a new ...
The ram's head and legs are layered in gold leaf which had been hammered against the wood and stuck to it with a thin wash of bitumen, while its ears are copper which are now green with verdigris. The horns and the fleece on its shoulders are of lapis lazuli , and the body's fleece is made of shell, attached to a thicker coat of bitumen.
The Royal Cemetery at Ur is an archaeological site in modern-day Dhi Qar Governorate in southern Iraq.The initial excavations at Ur took place between 1922 and 1934 under the direction of Leonard Woolley in association with the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
The number of grave goods that Woolley uncovered in Puabi's tomb was staggering. They included a heavy, golden headdress made of golden leaves, rings and plates; a superb lyre (see Lyres of Ur) complete with a golden and lapis lazuli-encrusted bearded bull's head; a profusion of gold tableware; golden, carnelian, and lapis lazuli cylindrical beads used in extravagant necklaces and belts; a ...
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University Museum: 8 Wilson Eyre, Cope & Stewardson, and Frank Miles Day 1895-1899 1912 addition by Wilson Eyre 1929 addition by 1971 wing by Mitchell/Giurgola [14] 2020 renovation by 3260 South Street (SE corner 33rd & South Streets) The Museum commission was shared by three architectural firms. PA-1646: Veterinary School and Hospital [15] 1 ...