Urartian Fragment from a Bronze Belt

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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This fragment from a bronze belt was reused as a belt end. The embossed or chased design is divided by discs and scroll-crosses into panels with discs above stylised trees. A deity stands on a bull. The holes around the edge are for nails or stitching. From Eastern Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey. Urartian, 7th century BCE. (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. (2018, November 29). Urartian Fragment from a Bronze Belt. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9541/urartian-fragment-from-a-bronze-belt/

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