Cetra di Ur

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Mesopotamian Musical Instrument Ancient Sumerian Harps and Lyres from Ur The ancient harps and lyres of Ur are a group of stringed musical instruments dating back to approximately 2,500 years before Christ. They were discovered in 1929 during excavations conducted by American archaeologist Leonard Woolley in the ancient Sumerian city of Ur, now located in Iraq. These are the oldest known stringed instruments. The restored instruments are housed in three different museums: the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, the British Museum in London, and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.