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Female figurine of a seated woman. Fired clay. Halaf Period, 6000-5000 BCE. From Chagar Bazar, modern-day Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria. (The British Museum, London)
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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. (2017, September 06). Halaf Period Female Figurine. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7196/halaf-period-female-figurine/
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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Halaf Period Female Figurine." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 06, 2017. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7196/halaf-period-female-figurine/.
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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Halaf Period Female Figurine." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 06 Sep 2017. Web. 22 Oct 2021.