Statuette of a Hybrid Goddess

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 17 September 2019
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Fired clay statuette of an unidentified hybrid goddess. There are two triangular defects at the sides, reminiscent of prehistoric incense burners. Probably from Abydos, Egypt. First to second Dynasty, 3100-2700 BCE. (The Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany).

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2019, September 17). Statuette of a Hybrid Goddess. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11171/statuette-of-a-hybrid-goddess/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Statuette of a Hybrid Goddess." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 17, 2019. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11171/statuette-of-a-hybrid-goddess/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Statuette of a Hybrid Goddess." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 17 Sep 2019, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11171/statuette-of-a-hybrid-goddess/. Web. 20 May 2025.

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