Partially Restored Oblique Lyre
Object type: Music, lyre, oblique
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Date: ca. 1550–1458 B.C.
Medium: Wood (frame), bronze or copper alloy, (staple)
Bronze
Dimensions: Length of crossbar 31.3 cm.; of soundbox 19.5 cm.; 
Top of soundbox 22.3 cm.; Base of soundbox 19.5 cm.;
Length from crossbar to base of soundbox: longer side 44 cm.; shorter side 33 cm.; 
Height of soundbox 17 cm.
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Courtyard CC 41, Pit 1
Locus: Chamber A debris
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1915–16
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1916
Accession year: 1916
Tags: Musical Instruments