Inlay: woman wearing a cylinder seal, playing a flute, Early Dynastic IIIa, ca. 2600–2500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Shell, 2 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (6.3 x 3.1 cm), Shell-Ornaments, This plaque is cut from a piece of pearly shell in the shape of a woman, nearly complete except for the lower legs and feet. She wears a headdress made of wrapped material, below which a row of curls can be seen on her forehead
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Inlay, woman wearing, cylinder seal, playing, flute, Early Dynastic IIIa, ca, 2600–2500 B.C, Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Shell, 2 1/2 x 1 1/4, 6.3 3.1 cm, Shell-Ornaments, plaque, cut, piece, pearly shell, shape, woman, nearly complete, except, lower legs, feet, wears, headdress, wrapped material, row, curls, forehead
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