The ‘musicians’ vase’

c. 2500 BC · Sumer

The ‘musicians’ vase’, from Sumer, dated c. 2500 BC. Today it is kept at the Louvre, Paris.

Date

c. 2500 BC

Civilization

Sumer

Where it is today

Louvre, Paris

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