Inlay: banquet scene with a seated figure holding a palm frond
Object type: Inlay
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Sumerian
Period: Early Dynastic IIIa
Date: ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Medium: Shell
Dimensions: 1.97 x 2.05 in. (5 x 5.21 cm)
Classification: Shell-Ornaments
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nippur
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession year: 1962
Tags: Palms