Bowl with Bones from Tell es-Sawwan (Illustration)

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by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 17 September 2019

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Bowl with Bones from Tell es-Sawwan — This pottery bowl contains earth and some bones of a human being and found at Tell es-Sawwan. Tell es-Sawwan is an ancient archaeological site in Saladin Province (about 110 Km north of Baghdad) and is associated with the Samarra culture. 6000-5800 BCE. On display at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad.

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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. (2019, September 17). Bowl with Bones from Tell es-Sawwan. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/11191/

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Amin, Osama S. M. "Bowl with Bones from Tell es-Sawwan." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 17, 2019. https://www.ancient.eu/image/11191/.

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Amin, Osama S. M. "Bowl with Bones from Tell es-Sawwan." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 17 Sep 2019. Web. 24 Jan 2021.

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Bowl with Bones from Tell es-Sawwan