Samarra-culture dish with birds

c. 6000–5000 BC · Prehistory & early cultures

Samarra-culture dish with birds, from prehistoric Mesopotamia, dated c. 6000–5000 BC. It was found at Tell Hassuna. Today it is kept at the Iraq Museum, Baghdad.

Date

c. 6000–5000 BC

Civilization

Prehistory & early cultures

Found at

Tell Hassuna

Where it is today

Iraq Museum, Baghdad

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