Detail, Pine Cone Held by an Apkallu

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Alabaster bas-relief detail showing an Apkallu holding a pine cone. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 4, Room F, the North-West Palace at Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London)

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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. (2017, September 15). Detail, Pine Cone Held by an Apkallu. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7299/detail-pine-cone-held-by-an-apkallu/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Detail, Pine Cone Held by an Apkallu." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 15 Sep 2017. Web. 24 Jan 2025.

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