Shell engraved with winged female deity, sphinxes, and lotus…

Shell engraved with winged female deity, sphinxes, and lotus…

Shell engraved with winged female deity, sphinxes, and lotus plants, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Medium: Shell (Tridacna squamosa)

Purchase, Friends of Inanna Gifts, 1999

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/327548