Personal Adornment (uncertain)

Cockle Shell (uncertain)

86-18-553

From: Jordan | Tall as-Sa'idiyya

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 86-18-553
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Jordan | Tall as-Sa'idiyya
Archaeology Area 23-C-4
Period Sa'idiyya IV
Date Made 730?-600 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Cockle Shell (uncertain)
Technique Pierced
Description

Fan-shaped; yellowish-white; indistinct mauve lines around curved side; worn surface. Pierced hole at pointed end.

Credit Line Tall as-Sa'idiyya Expedition; James B. Pritchard, 1964-1967
Other Number S194/M91 - Field No SF

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