Image: Place V 1867 III Plate 43 6
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Description: Convoy of rafts (Keleks) making on its way down the Tigris river loaded with antiquities in 1855. The rafts and accompanying ship were attacked by local tribes and then sunk near Al Qurnah (near Basra). Much of the treasures were lost to the river.
Title: Place V 1867 III Plate 43 6
Credit: Place, Victor (1867) Ninive et l'Assyrie (Tafeln)
Author: Place, Victor, 1818 - 1875: Tafeln. - Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, 1867
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