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

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Date

700–600 BC

About the Work

Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description
Relief

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Title

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

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Worktype

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Cultural Context

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Material

Shell (Tridacna squamosa)

Dimensions

2 11/16 × 5 3/8 × 1 9/16 in. (6.8 × 13.65 × 4 cm);
depth: 4centimetre;
height: 6.8centimetre;
width: 13.65centimetre

Technique

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Language

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Date

700–600 BC

Provenance

Purchase, Friends of Inanna Gifts, 1999

Style Period

Iron Age II

Rights

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Public Domain

Inscription

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Location

Levant

Subjects

Women; Sphinx; Lotuses; Shells

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Shell engraved with winged female deity, sphinxes, and lotus plants, 700–600 BC, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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