Mosaic Fragment from Uruk

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 30 July 2014
Mosaic Fragment from Uruk

This piece of wall decoration (mosaic) was part of one of the walls of the white temple at Warka (Uruk) city. Stone cones are inlaid on a gypsum background. Uruk period, 3500-2800 BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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. (2014, July 30). Mosaic Fragment from Uruk. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/2825/

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Amin, Osama S. M. "Mosaic Fragment from Uruk." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified July 30, 2014. https://www.ancient.eu/image/2825/.

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Amin, Osama S. M. "Mosaic Fragment from Uruk." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 30 Jul 2014. Web. 18 Nov 2019.

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