Statue of Priest Bano Abdo from Hatra

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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Statue of the priest Bano Abdo from Hatra. The statue’s base is inscribed with an Aramaic text. The man has a long beard and an upward-curling mustache. He looks forward and wears a long conical hat. His hands (now lost) would have held a ritual object or a statuette. The feet are bare. He wears a long-sleeved dress and a knee-length outfit. The neck and feet were extensively restored. Such statues were placed inside temples. From Hatra, in modern-day Ninawa Governorate, Iraq, 1st to 3rd century CE.

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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