Statue of Musician

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by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 30 July 2014

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Statue of Musician — This is the upper part of a terracotta statue that depicts a musician who appears to play on two flute-like instruments. The Hellenistic period, 323-30 BCE. From Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

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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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