| Object Number | B2508 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Shell |
| Technique | Pierced |
| Description | CBS Register: shell pierced and used as a bead (cf. no 2492). "Purpura hippocastanum," def. by E.S. Vanetta of the Aacademy of Natural Sciences, January 23, 1908 |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I,1889 |
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