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This unusual vessel with two adjoining containers was the product of a major chlorite working industry in south-east Iran which traded as far west as Mesopotamia. The site of Tepe Yahya in southern Iran has evidence both for the manufacture and for the reworking of such carved chlorite vessels. Examples have been found over a wide area, from the Persian Gulf to Pakistan. They date from the third millennium BC. Nothing is known of what was transported in such pots, but luxury products of some sor
An article about Mesopotamia: Early Dynastic Period
An article about the Third Dynasty of Ur (Ur III)
An article about the dynasty of Lagash
The initial invasion of Iraq in 2003 and its aftermath
Reading list recommended by the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum
A summary of British Museum involvement in the Iraqi cultural crisis 2003-4