The chosen Sound Box from Sumerian Lyre, from Ur.Ca. 2685 BCE; Mesopotamia structure was dated back to the third millennium B.C. found in the tomb of Queen Puabi from the Royal Cemetery of Ur in southern Iraq by an archaeologist Leonard Woolley and his men between 1922 and 1934 called “The Great Lyre” in PG789 (Clark, 2014). The Sound Box of Lyre had disintegrated, leaving only an impression in the soil, which Woolly called them death pits known as “Kings’ Graves” (Penn Museum, n. d.). Therefore, using Woolley notes a reconstructed Sound Box of Lyre was reformed from 1976 to 1979. The Sound Box of Lyre is currently held at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (Woods, 2011). The Sound
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d.). The Sumerian were energetic farmers, traders, and sailors; however, religion was an essential part of their lives described in stories that were often preserved for generations. The Sumerians were more of an advanced civilization characteristically inventors, and are likely to have been responsible for the development of the first writing characterized by angular shapes that formed characters (Khan Academy, n. d.). Perhaps the most critical invention the Sumerians were known for were lapis lazuli and carnelian, which was much prized for inlays and jewelry. Therefore, they created musical instruments, which were played by skillful harpists and singers during rituals. Music was a significant culture in Mesopotamian life, and Sumerian patrons often constructed the beautiful instrument to play in homes, at funerals, and palaces during poetry and storytelling as they sang about heroes’ adventures and deities’ powers (Matthews et al., 2014).
References:
Clark, D. (2014). The Royal Cemetery at UR. Semiramis-Speaks. Retrieved May 22, 2018, from http://semiramis-speaks.com/the-royal-cemetery-at-ur/
Matthews, R. T., Noble, T. F. & Platt, F. D. (2014). Experience Humanities (8th Ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. Retrieved May 22, 2018, from
d.). The Sumerian were energetic farmers, traders, and sailors; however, religion was an essential part of their lives described in stories that were often preserved for generations. The Sumerians were more of an advanced civilization characteristically inventors, and are likely to have been responsible for the development of the first writing characterized by angular shapes that formed characters (Khan Academy, n. d.). Perhaps the most critical invention the Sumerians were known for were lapis lazuli and carnelian, which was much prized for inlays and jewelry. Therefore, they created musical instruments, which were played by skillful harpists and singers during rituals. Music was a significant culture in Mesopotamian life, and Sumerian patrons often constructed the beautiful instrument to play in homes, at funerals, and palaces during poetry and storytelling as they sang about heroes’ adventures and deities’ powers (Matthews et al., 2014).
References:
Clark, D. (2014). The Royal Cemetery at UR. Semiramis-Speaks. Retrieved May 22, 2018, from http://semiramis-speaks.com/the-royal-cemetery-at-ur/
Matthews, R. T., Noble, T. F. & Platt, F. D. (2014). Experience Humanities (8th Ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. Retrieved May 22, 2018, from