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This piece of wall decoration (mosaic) was part of one of the walls of the white temple at Warka (Uruk) city. Stone cones are inlaid on a gypsum background. Uruk period, 3500-2800 BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).
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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. (2014, July 30). Mosaic Fragment from Uruk. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2825/mosaic-fragment-from-uruk/
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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Mosaic Fragment from Uruk." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified July 30, 2014. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2825/mosaic-fragment-from-uruk/.
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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Mosaic Fragment from Uruk." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 30 Jul 2014. Web. 18 Apr 2024.
