Incense Burner from Tell Bazmusian

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 18 September 2019
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This pottery incense burner/container was found at Tell Bazmusian, Lake Dukan, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. A wild goat is topped by a 2-story house model with a chimney. Hurrian period, mid-2nd century BCE. On display at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad. A very similar one, which was also found at Tell Bazmusian, is on display at the Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraq.

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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 18). Incense Burner from Tell Bazmusian. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11200/incense-burner-from-tell-bazmusian/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Incense Burner from Tell Bazmusian." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 18 Sep 2019. Web. 06 Mar 2025.

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