A Kassite Style Jar

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 30 July 2014
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This pottery jar has spindle-shaped Kassite-style contours and was found within the Kassite layers at the city of Ur. Kassite period, 1531-1155 BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya 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. (2014, July 30). A Kassite Style Jar. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2832/a-kassite-style-jar/

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