Shell engraved with winged female deity, sphinxes, and lotus plants

Medium

Shell (Tridacna squamosa)

Dimensions

2 11/16 × 5 3/8 × 1 9/16 in. (6.8 × 13.65 × 4 cm)

Classification

Shell-Vessels

Period

Iron Age II

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Friends of Inanna Gifts, 1999

Accession Number

1999.81

Rights

Public Domain

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