Inlay: seated male with cup and palm frond, Early Dynastic III, ca. 2600–2350 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Shell, H. 3/16 x W. 1 3/8 x D. 1 9/16 in. (0.5 x 3.5 x 4 cm), Shell-Ornaments, This square plaque cut from a piece of shell is decorated with the incised image of a seated man, wearing a garment with a tufted fringe, who holds a cup aloft in his right hand and a branch-like object in his left, either a palm frond, date spathe, or an implement such as a whip or fly whisk
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Inlay, seated male, cup, palm frond, Early Dynastic III, ca, 2600–2350 B.C, Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Shell, H, 3/16 x W, 1 3/8 D, 9/16, 0.5 3.5 4 cm, Shell-Ornaments, square, plaque, cut, piece, shell, decorated, incised image, man, wearing, garment, tufted fringe, holds, cup aloft, right hand, branch, object, left, date spathe, implement, whip, fly whisk
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