Bowl with Bones from Tell es-Sawwan

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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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. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11191/bowl-with-bones-from-tell-es-sawwan/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Bowl with Bones from Tell es-Sawwan." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 17, 2019. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11191/bowl-with-bones-from-tell-es-sawwan/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Bowl with Bones from Tell es-Sawwan." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 17 Sep 2019. Web. 22 Feb 2025.

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