Saving Iraqi Culture Explained

Saving Iraqi culture (Arabic: نصب انقاذ الثقافة|translit=Nasb Enqath al-Thaqafa) is a monument located in the Mansour district of Baghdad. It was commissioned in 2010 by the Mayor of Baghdad and designed by Iraqi sculptor Mohammed Ghani Hikmat.[1] The monument shows a broken cylinder seal, with hands and arms attempting to support it so as not to fall. The cuneiform on the seal reads writing began here.

Notes and References

  1. News: محمد غني حكمت: بغداد تستذكر نحّاتها. ar. 2015-09-22. The New Arab. https://web.archive.org/web/20201023062154/https://www.alaraby.co.uk/محمد-غني-حكمت-بغداد-تستذكر-نحّاتها. 2020-10-23.