Flask Showing a Crouching African (Illustration)

Illustration

by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 14 November 2018

Flask Showing a Crouching African — A handled flask depicting a crouching African. Roman period, probably made in Campania (in modern-day Italy) in the 1st century CE. (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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Amin, O. S. M. (2018, November 14). Flask Showing a Crouching African. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/9446/

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Amin, Osama S. M. "Flask Showing a Crouching African." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified November 14, 2018. https://www.ancient.eu/image/9446/.

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Amin, Osama S. M. "Flask Showing a Crouching African." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 14 Nov 2018. Web. 22 Jan 2020.

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