Inlay: dancing man, Early Dynastic III, ca. 2600–2350 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Shell, 1.81 x 0.94 x 0.24 in. (4.6 x 2.39 x 0.61 cm), Shell-Ornaments, This curved plaque cut from a piece of shell is decorated with the incised image of a bare chested dancing man, wearing a short belted skirt with a tufted fringe. He raises his hands with elbows bent, and his legs are deeply bent, suggesting lively motion
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Inlay, dancing man, Early Dynastic III, ca, 2600–2350 B.C, Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Shell, 1.81 x 0.94 0.24, 4.6 2.39 0.61 cm, Shell-Ornaments, curved, plaque, cut, piece, shell, decorated, incised image, bare chested, dancing, man, wearing, short belted, skirt, tufted fringe, raises, hands, elbows bent, legs, deeply, suggesting lively, motion
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