inlay

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Object Type
Museum number: 120850
Description: Shell inlay; incised design representing a standing person offering a libation.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 2600BC-2500BC
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Ur (city - archaic)
Materials
Technique: incised; inlaid
Dimensions: Height: 7.50 centimetres; Width: 4.60 centimetres
Curator's comments: Whether the subject represented s a priest or a private individual is a matter of debate.
Bibliographic references
Location: On display (G56/dc5)
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2003 5 May-17 Aug, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 'Art of the First Cities'
Subjects
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1928
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 120850
Registration number: 1928,1009.395
Additional IDs: Excavation/small finds number: U.7900 (excavation number)

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