Detail of the standard of Ur showing a Sumerian Harpist and a Ruler, about 2600-2400 BC.
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. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)
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501585375
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Hulton Archive
Date created:
01 January, 1900
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Hulton Archive
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