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Queen's Lyre c. 2600 - 2400 BC
蘇美爾時期伊拉克南部 烏爾遺址出土
Sumerian from Ur, Southern Iraq
青金石、貝殼、紅石灰岩及黃金
Lapis lazuli, shell, red lime stone and gold
英國考古學家倫納德伍萊在蘇美爾時期城巿烏爾的皇家陵園裡發現好幾座豎琴。普阿比王后陵墓中有兩座豎琴，這是其中一座。出土時靠著墓壁，旁邊有十位身佩華麗珠寶的女性屍體，推測她們是獻祭的犧性品。陵墓中還有無數珠寶和各種金屬器皿，一位女性屍體躺在豎琴的右邊，根據伍萊的記錄，她手骨所放位置正是琴弦的部分。豎琴原本的木質部分已經腐朽，但伍萊將熟石膏灌入木頭，填充腐朽後形成的空隙，固定琴上鑲嵌的寶石，把豎琴的裝飾保護下來。
Leonard Woolley discovered several lyres in the graves in the Royal Cemetery at Ur. This was one of two that he found in the grave of “Queen” Pu-abi. Along with the lyre, which stood against the pit wall, were the bodies of ten women with fine jewellery, presumed to be sacrificial victims, and numerous stone and metal vessels. One woman lay right against the lyre and, according to Woolley, the bones of her hands were placed where the strings would have been. The wooden parts of the lyre had decayed in the soil, but Woolley poured plaster of Paris into the depression left by the vanished wood and so preserved the decoration in place. ■資料：香港藝術館
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