I ought to be ashamed for my forgetfulness...thanks for the refresher!

Not long ago, I visited the British Museum. My favorite parts had to do with Mesopotamia, and in particular with the cache of musical instruments found at Ur (here, here, here, here and here; slideshow of the whole set of trip photos, here). You probably remember how the original, magnificent Gold Lyre got trashed in the Museum of Baghdad by looters at the beginning of Gulf War II.

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