The Iraqi Ministry of Culture announced on Monday that a significant ancient artefact has been discovered in \u201cTal Aswad\u201d situated in Najaf province and in the vicinity of Kufa by an Iraqi excavation team.
\n\u201cHassan Nazem\u201d the Iraqi Minister of Culture said: \u201cAn ancient clay jar containing ornaments, necklace, ring, earrings, gold pendant, precious stones, and eighteen Dinars of pure gold related to the era of Motamed bi\u2019ll\u0101h, Al-Muqtadir and Al-Mustakf\u012b bi\u2019ll\u0101h, the Abbasid caliphs as well as one hundred dirham silver were found\u201d.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cThis excavation team also discovered many copper coins in various parts of this region in different sizes that were damaged as a result of humidity and soil minerals. Similarly, small glass bottles (2mm thick) were discovered.<\/p>\n
Likewise, Nazem stated that the excavation team has found several broken jars which are distinct due to their quality of construction, shiny colors, elegance as well as fragility and the utilized colors in them which refer to the Abbasid dynasty.<\/p>\n
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