Tombstone, Sanliurfa Museum, Urfa, Turkey

Islamic period tombstone with inscription, limestone, from Urfa, in Sanliurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museums, or Sanliurfa Museum, in Sanliurfa, or Urfa, Turkey. The inscription reads: During the construction of this, I wrote history here, This door is open to all people, this door is Government door. In ancient times Urfa was the city of Edessa in Upper Mesopotamia, founded in Hellenistic times an an important city throughout the Roman period. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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