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

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