Dilmun figurine, Bahrain National Museum, Manama, Bahrain
Figurine of a rider, Late Dilmun burial offering in terracotta, c. 1000-800 BC, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. This sculpture is from a collection of objects excavated from the Al-Maqsha and Shakhurah cemeteries. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13441987
Media ID
45127277
Size
4667px x 7087px
(6.8MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
