Inlay: male torso, Early Dynastic IIIa, ca. 2600–2500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Shell, 2.17 x 3.23 in. (5.51 x 8.2 cm), Shell-Ornaments, This plaque is cut from a piece of pearly shell in the shape of a man’s upper torso and arms. He clasps his hands to his chest, bending his arms deeply; his elbows are sharp points. His head is now missing, but two rounded rectangular depressions carved into the top of the plaque likely represented the lower extent of the figure’s beard
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Inlay, male torso, Early Dynastic IIIa, ca, 2600–2500 B.C, Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Shell, 2.17 x 3.23, 5.51 8.2 cm, Shell-Ornaments, plaque, cut, piece, pearly shell, shape, man, upper, torso, arms, clasps, hands, chest, bending, arms deeply, elbows, sharp points, head, now missing, two rounded, rectangular, depressions, carved, top, represented, lower extent, figure, beard
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