Ornamental Attachment
Ornamental Attachment
Ornamental Attachment
Ornamental Attachment

Currently not on view

Ornamental Attachment,

9th - 8th centuries BCE

Assyrian
y1988-37

Information

Title
Ornamental Attachment
Dates

9th - 8th centuries BCE

Medium
Shell (Lambis truncata sebae)
Dimensions
h. 6.2 cm., w. 4.6 cm., d. 1.4 cm. (2 7/16 x 1 13/16 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Évi Bossányi Loeb in the name of her stepfather, Howard Spencer Levy, in honor of Joel Traitel Loeb, Class of 1937 and Nicolas Howard Loeb, Class of 1981
Object Number
y1988-37
Place Made

Iraq

Culture
Near Eastern
Type
ornament
Subject
circles (plane figures)

Formerly in the collection of the University Pennsylvania Museum; acquired by Howard Spencer Levy in 1954 from the Penn Museum; given to the Princeton Museum in 1988 by Évy Bossányi Loeb, in the name of her stepfather (Levy) and in honor of her husband Joel Traitel Loeb, Class of 1937, and their son Nicolas Howard Loeb, Class of 1981.

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