Save Iraqi culture monument, Public monument in Mansour district, Baghdad, Iraq

The Save Iraqi Culture Monument is a cylindrical column made of fractured stone, supported by multiple arm-like structures extending from its base. The structure stands at a central roundabout next to Al Zawraa Park, serving as a visual focal point in this area of Baghdad.

In 2010 Baghdad's secretary commissioned Mohammed Ghani Hikmat, called the "Sheikh of Sculptors", to make four sculptures for the capital. Saving Iraqi Culture was the last: Hikmat died before finishing it, and his son oversaw completion. It was unveiled in 2013 together with Baghdad's Poems and Baghdad Column.

The cuneiform inscription on the seal reads "writing began here", a line the sources give in Arabic as "من هنا بدأت الكتابة". The work was unveiled in 2013, one of four sculptures Hikmat designed for Baghdad; his son oversaw their completion after the sculptor's death.

The monument stands in the Mansour district of Baghdad's Karkh side, beside Al-Zawraa Park. It is a street-side work rather than a fenced site, placed to be seen by passers-by, so it is viewed from the road and pavement around it.

The design draws inspiration from a Sumerian cylinder seal, an ancient object type that carried symbols and patterns. This use of an archaeological form directly connects the modern sculpture to Mesopotamian artistic traditions.