Tridacna shell
Unknown Artist
ca. 8th–7th century BCE
Medium
Shell (Tridacna squamosa)
Dimensions
3.33 x 4.29 in. (8.46 x 10.9 cm)
Classification
Shell-Ornaments
Culture & Period
Edomite · Iron Age
Department
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, H. Dunscombe Colt Gift, 1977
Accession Number
1977.234.13