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This pottery jar has two bronze handles and was found in the Nzara area near Pangween village of modern Sulaimaniya Governorate, Iraq. The Hellenistic period, 323-30 BCE. (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). A Pottery Jar from Pangween. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2838/a-pottery-jar-from-pangween/
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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "A Pottery Jar from Pangween." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified July 30, 2014. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2838/a-pottery-jar-from-pangween/.
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