Fragment of a Phrygian Goose-Headed Pottery (Illustration)

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by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 23 November 2018

Fragment of a Phrygian Goose-Headed Pottery — Only this part of a reddish painted pottery has survived. This is a goose's (or duck's) head. From Samsun, Black Sea Region, in modern-day Turkey. Phrygian, 5th to 4th century BCE. (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 23). Fragment of a Phrygian Goose-Headed Pottery. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/9570/

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