Alabaster jar with a necklace from Tell es-Sawwan

c. 6000–5800 BC · Prehistory & early cultures

Alabaster jar with a necklace from Tell es-Sawwan, from prehistoric Mesopotamia, dated c. 6000–5800 BC. It was found at Tell es-Sawwan, Samarra. Today it is kept at the Iraq Museum, Baghdad.

Date

c. 6000–5800 BC

Civilization

Prehistory & early cultures

Found at

Tell es-Sawwan, Samarra

Where it is today

Iraq Museum, Baghdad

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