Title: Shell fragment
Object type: Fragment
Date: ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Medium: Shell
Dimensions: 1.85 x 1.97 x 0.12 in. (4.7 x 5 x 0.3 cm)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1964
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)    
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY