Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet [3]

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 28 August 2017
Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet [3] Download Full Size Image

This clay tablet was illegally excavated. The precise provenance of the excavation is unknown, but probably from Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. It is currently housed in the Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraqi Kurdistan.

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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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APA Style

Amin, O. S. M. (2017, August 28). Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet [3]. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7101/illegally-excavated-mesopotamian-clay-tablet-3/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet [3]." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified August 28, 2017. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7101/illegally-excavated-mesopotamian-clay-tablet-3/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet [3]." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 28 Aug 2017. Web. 06 Feb 2023.

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