Inlay: banquet scene with a seated figure holding a palm frond, Early Dynastic IIIa, ca. 2600–2500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Shell, 1.97 x 2.05 in. (5 x 5.21 cm), Shell-Ornaments, This plaque is cut from a piece of pearly shell in the shape of a seated figure facing to the left, missing the head, feet and right arm. The figure’s gender cannot be determined by any surviving features or by the garment
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Inlay, banquet scene, seated figure holding, palm frond, Early Dynastic IIIa, ca, 2600–2500 B.C, Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Shell, 1.97 x 2.05, 5 5.21 cm, Shell-Ornaments, plaque, cut, piece, pearly shell, shape, figure, facing, left, missing, head, feet, right arm, figure, gender, cannot, determined, any surviving, features, garment
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