Terracotta Plaque Dedicated to Gula

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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This fragment was part of a large terracotta plaque which depicts a bull in front of a tree. The cuneiform inscriptions on the bull's thigh mention that the plaque was dedicated by a man named Sin-Eriba to Gula, goddess of healing. From Mesopotamia, Iraq. 1100-900 BCE. (The British Museum, London).

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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, October 17). Terracotta Plaque Dedicated to Gula. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3162/terracotta-plaque-dedicated-to-gula/

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