Shell engraved with winged female deity, sphinxes, and lotus plants
Object type: Relief
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Period: Iron Age II
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)
Classification: Shell-Vessels
Geography:      Levant 
Credit line: Purchase, Friends of Inanna Gifts, 1999
Accession year: 1999
Tags: Women|Sphinx|Lotuses|Shells