Ammonite Pottery Bottle

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 18 February 2019
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Carrot-shaped bottle, burnished and decorated with horizontal bands. This characteristic type was probably made for special liquids, such as cosmetics or medicinal oils. Locally made in an Assyrian form, such bottles link up with the general Levantine culture under the Assyrian Empire. Iron Age II, 1000-539 BCE. From Jordan. (The Jordan Museum, Amman, Jordan).

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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, February 18). Ammonite Pottery Bottle. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10088/ammonite-pottery-bottle/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Ammonite Pottery Bottle." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified February 18, 2019. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10088/ammonite-pottery-bottle/.

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