Title: Partially Restored Oblique Lyre
Object type: Music, lyre, oblique
Date: ca. 1550–1458 B.C.
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
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.
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1916
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif Courtyard CC 41, Pit 1 Chamber A debris MMA excavations, 1915–16 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Musical Instruments