Title: Decorative boss
Object type: Boss
Date: ca. 8th century BCE
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Medium: Shell, silver, bitumen (?)
Dimensions: 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1954
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)    
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY