Inlay
B15819
From: Iraq | Al 'Ubaid
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B15819 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Al 'Ubaid |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Shell |
| Description | CBS Register: shell. cut piece for inlay. fitting uncertain. Lambis UE I: fragment of shell inlay representing the shoulders and neck of a bird very like the Imgig-eagle in TO.288 and TO.319, and in the same attitude; it must also be froom a replica of the same scene, but this was in shell and with the figuriens silhoutetted instead of in relief. |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Al'Ubaid, Iraq, 1924 |
| Other Number | TO.376 - Field No SF |
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