Pilgrim Flask from Tharros

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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This is a pottery pilgrim flask. Phoenician bi-chrome ware and wheel-made. There is a pair of pieced lugs on either aspect of the sides; these are handles or suspension holes. Phoenician, 850-800 BCE. From Grave 8/33 at Tharros, Sardinia, modern-day Italy. (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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