Antefix Depicting Achelous

Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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This leaf wreath antefix shows the head of Achelous. Achelous was the god of water and rivers of the whole world. Clay. From Curti, near Capua, Italy. Etruscan, 480-460 BCE. It is on display at the Altes Museum in 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, October 29). Antefix Depicting Achelous. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11392/antefix-depicting-achelous/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Antefix Depicting Achelous." World History Encyclopedia, October 29, 2019. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11392/antefix-depicting-achelous/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Antefix Depicting Achelous." World History Encyclopedia, 29 Oct 2019, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11392/antefix-depicting-achelous/.

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