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Wall Painting from Nuzi, with accompanying watercolor drawing

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Original black, red, and white colors, although extremely faint, are still visible. The original image included geometric designs, flowers, bovines, and anthropomorphic figures (see accompanying drawing for modern color reconstruction).
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics Excavated from Yorghan Tepe Iraq Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of the Harvard-Baghdad Expedition to Kirkuk
Title: Wall Painting from Nuzi, with accompanying watercolor drawing
Description:
Original black, red, and white colors, although extremely faint, are still visible.
The original image included geometric designs, flowers, bovines, and anthropomorphic figures (see accompanying drawing for modern color reconstruction).

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