''The Lyre of Mesopotamia'' is a video art made by
Sam Chegini
Sam Chegini ( fa, سام چگینی) is an Iranian music video director, filmmaker, animator, graphic designer, video editor, and puppeteer born in Tehran in 1992 in an artistic family. He has directed videos for Chris de Burgh, Gentle Giant, ...
about the reconstruction steps of the
Lyres of Ur
The Lyres of Ur or Harps of Ur are a group of four stringed instruments excavated in a fragmentary condition at the Royal Cemetery of Ur in modern Iraq from 1922 onwards. They date back to the Early Dynastic III Period of Mesopotamia, between a ...
. The ''Lyre of Mesopotamia'' was unveiled in December 2009 during an international congress held by UN-Habitat and IAARA in
Qazvin
Qazvin (; fa, قزوین, , also Romanized as ''Qazvīn'', ''Qazwin'', ''Kazvin'', ''Kasvin'', ''Caspin'', ''Casbin'', ''Casbeen'', or ''Ghazvin'') is the largest city and capital of the Province of Qazvin in Iran. Qazvin was a capital of the ...
,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
, among other ancient instruments.
Awards
The video was awarded as best video art in the 1st
Persbookart contest on Facebook in 2010 judged by
Edward Lucie-Smith
John Edward McKenzie Lucie-Smith (born 27 February 1933), known as Edward Lucie-Smith, is a Jamaican-born English writer, poet, art critic, curator and broadcaster. He has been highly prolific in these fields, writing or editing over a hundred ...
. It was also selected in the first Javane Irani national film festival in the same year.
See also
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Music of Mesopotamia
Music was ubiquitous throughout Mesopotamian history, playing important roles in both religious and secular contexts. Mesopotamia is of particular interest to scholars because evidence from the region—which includes artifacts, artistic depic ...
External links
Official websiteHamshahri online report of Persbookart winners exhibitionShahr News - Edward Lucie-Smith announces the 1st Persbookart winners
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Video art
Mesopotamia