This page has been made so that the different fragments of sumerian music that lived through the ages can be classified and gathered on one page. We have all kinds of evidence that the Sumerians loved music. It seemed to be an important part of religious and civic life in Sumer. Although we can't hear that music, we can reconstruct the instruments and get an idea about the sounds and the rhythms that were heard. In Sumer the BULL was a symbol of fertility and divine power. This Sumerian lyre (2600 BC) is made of gold and lapis lazuli and has a plaited beard-a plaited beard wa… read more
This page has been made so that the different fragments of sumerian music that lived through the ages can be classified and gathered on one page. We have all kinds of evidence that the Sumerians loved music. It seemed to be an important part of religious and civic life in Sumer. Although we… read more
This page has been made so that the different fragments of sumerian music that lived through the ages can be classified and gathered on one page. We have all kinds of evidence that the Sumerians loved music. It seemed to be an important part of religious and civic life in Sumer. Although we can't hear that music, we can reconstruct the instruments and get … read more