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Parthian Coffin Fragment
This piece was part of a Parthian coffin's cover. The depicted woman is Ishtar. Few centuries BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum).

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Horse Bit from Lorestan
A horse bit with cheek pieces in the form of horses. From Lorestan, modern western Iran. Sassanid period, 224-651 CE. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

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Stamp from Halaf Culture
A flat clay stamp with an image of its impression. This stamp dates back to the Halaf period, 5th millennium BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

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Clay Tokens for Counting
These clay tokens represent the first form of counting, before the invention of writing. They date back to the Neolithic period, 8000-7000 BCE and were found in Tapa Raza, south-east of modern Sulaimaniya Governorate, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya...

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A Kassite Style Jar
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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Terracotta Cow Figurine from Ubaid period
This terracotta figurine represents a cow and dates back to the Ubaid period, 4th millennium BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

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Pottery Thurible from Tell Basmosian
This is a fragment of a pottery thurible (censer for burning incense) which was found at Tell Basmosian (modern Lake Dukan, Sulaimaniya Governorate, Iraq). 2nd millennium BCE. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

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Pottery Cones
These bended pottery cones were probably used for votive purposes. Ubaid period, 4th millennium BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

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Rotating Device of a Potter's Wheel
This rotating device of a potter's wheel was made of stone and dates back to the Old Babylonian period, 2000-1500 BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

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Foundation Cone of Ur-Nammu
This foundation cone records the building of one of Nanna's temples at Ur. Neo-Sumerian period, Ur III, reign of Ur-Nammu, 2047-2030 BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).