Mesopotamian Boxers & Musicians Plaque (Illustration)

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by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 26 February 2018

Mesopotamian Boxers & Musicians Plaque — Two boxers are fighting while two musicians are playing the drum and are beating clappers together. Old Babylonian Period, 2000-1600 BCE. From Larsa, Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. (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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