Cosmetic Vessel

Object types
cosmetic-vessel
Materials
tridacna shell
Techniques
incised
carved
Production place
Made in Levant ?
(Asia,Middle East,Levant)
Made in Italy ?
(Europe,Italy)
Made in Egypt ?
(Africa,Egypt)
Place (findspot)
Excavated/Findspot Vulci (probably)
(Europe,Italy,Lazio,Viterbo (province),Vulci)
Date
700BC-650BC
Period/Culture
Phoenician
Eastern Mediterranean
Dimensions
Length: 8.5 centimetres


Tridacna squamosa shell carved with a human head on the apex and two incised winged sphinxes in a register on the edge of the inner side; lotus buds and flowers in the space above the sphinxes with a band of hatched or plain triangles framed by parallel lines defining the inner edge of the field; assembled from fragments; the shell served as a container for cosmetics.
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