A 'gufar' loaded with Water-melons - the cauldron-like 'gufar' of Baghdad, probably the oldest vessel in the world, is a boat indigenous to the Tigris Art.IWMART1892
Summary
A 'gufar' loaded with Water-melons - the cauldron-like 'gufar' of Baghdad, probably the oldest vessel in the world, is a boat
indigenous to the Tigris
image: a local man in a circular local boat approaches the side of a waterway. On the bank sits another local man; behind is a high wall pierced by a wide gateway, beyond which is a large tree and vegetation
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Date
1700 - 1799
Source
Imperial War Museums
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Public Domain