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Two Nestorian (Assyrian) shepherd boys at Kosreli, 1909

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Two Nestorian (Assyrian) shepherd boys at Kosreli, 1909

Place
Kosreli
Date
1909
PortraitVillage life

Two young Nestorian (Assyrian) shepherds, one seated on a rock and one standing, photographed by Gertrude Bell at Kosreli in May 1909.

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Source

Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University

Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian · CC BY-SA 4.0 (rights holder: "No known copyright restrictions")

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