Antiquity · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 327548
Shell engraved with winged female deity, sphinxes, and lotus plants
Unknown maker, 700–600 BC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Purchase, Friends of Inanna Gifts, 1999 · Public domain
- Artist
- Unknown maker
- Date
- 700–600 BC
- Medium
- Shell (Tridacna squamosa)
- Dimensions
- 2 11/16 × 5 3/8 × 1 9/16 in. (6.8 × 13.65 × 4 cm)
- Era
- Antiquity
Why it matters
Shell engraved with winged female deity, sphinxes, and lotus plants, dated 700–600 BC, is catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art as a work in Shell (Tridacna squamosa). The API record does not identify a named maker. The recorded dimensions are 2 11/16 × 5 3/8 × 1 9/16 in. (6.8 × 13.65 × 4 cm). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.