Cosmetic container
Early Dynastic Period 2900 BCE-2350 BCE
- Medium
- shell, pigment
- Measurements
- 1.9 × 3.9 × 4.9 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Ur, Iraq
- Accession Number
- 3440T-D3
- Department
- Antiquities
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the British Museum, 1933
- Gallery location
- Not on display
- Physical description
- Small shell ( bivalve) used as a cosmetic container and containing nearly black residue.