Head of bull, Mesopotamia 3rd millennium BC

Mesopotamia
3rd mill BC
Bronze and inlay in the eyes
Dim: H: 8.5 cm
Provenance: French private collection from the 1950s,
old basement and collection label

Element of furniture in the shape of a bull's head at the top of a bail.
This head presumably adorned the soundbox of a lyre, identical to those found in the tombs of Ur