Statuette of a Monkey Playing a Harp

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 06 April 2016
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This is a statuette of a monkey. The monkey appears to play a harp. From Amarna, Egypt. Reign of Akhenaten, circa 1353–1336 BCE. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London (with thanks to The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL).

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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. (2016, April 06). Statuette of a Monkey Playing a Harp. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4785/statuette-of-a-monkey-playing-a-harp/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Statuette of a Monkey Playing a Harp." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified April 06, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4785/statuette-of-a-monkey-playing-a-harp/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Statuette of a Monkey Playing a Harp." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 06 Apr 2016. Web. 26 Jul 2024.

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