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Historical Archive: Shell Jericho plastered skull with cowrie shell eyes, Neolithic, Ashmolean. This work has its own page. goat in tree, Ur c.2600 BCE, BM 1929,1017.1, which has its own page Standard of Ur, lapis lazuli, shell, and red limestone, c. 2600-2400 BCE, BM ME 121201. This work has its own page. lyre/harp: bull head and front plaque, Ur c.2550-2450 BCE, Penn B17694A/B, which has its own page goat in tree, Ur c.2550-2450 BCE, Penn 30-12-702, which has its own page harp inlay, shell and lapis, Ur c.2550-2450 BCE, Penn 30-12-484. For details see Penn. cosmetic box lid: lion attacking sheep or goat, shell and lapis lazuli, Ur c.2550-2450 BCE, Penn B16744A game board, shell, limestone, lapis; Ur c.2550-2450 BCE, Penn B16742. For detail see Penn. egg shell from Seleucia (Iraq) with ink gibberish inscription, possibly to break a curse, 3rd c. BCE-3rd c. CE or 4th-7th c. CE, KM 0000.01.9050 ornaments from a nymphaeum, glass/shells/stucco, 1st c., ANAM, which have their own page scallop shells embedded in a wall fragment, late 2nd to early 3rd c., Musée Carnavalet Paris victorious charioteers, tortoise-shell reliefs, 3rd c., RLM victorious charioteers, tortoise-shell reliefs, 3rd c., RLM eagle brooch, gold/garnet/cuttlebone, early 6th c., Morgan 2012.2:96 disk brooch, copper alloy/cement/gold/garnet/glass/mother-of-pearl/iron, c.640-60, Morgan 2012.2:113 ostrich eggs suspended from Dečani monastery choros, bef. 1345, which has its own page Reliquary, ostrich egg with silver gilt, late 15th-early 16th c. Tournai, MRAH Ag. 319 sea horse, nautilus shell and metalwork, E. Geyer, Leipzig 1590s, MAAB sea horses, nautilus shell and metalwork, E. Geyer, Leipzig 1590s, MAAB ostrich egg cup with cover, J. Lencker I, Augsburg 1620-25, MAAB ostrich egg cup with cover: Diana the huntress, J. Lencker I, Augsburg 1620-25, MAAB ostrich egg cup with cover: Diana the huntress, J. Lencker I, Augsburg 1620-25, MAAB coconut shell cup, Johann Leonhard Hahn 1656, LMM 74/34 coconut shell cup, Johann Leonhard Hahn 1656, LMM 74/34 powder flask, cowrie shell and brass, Germany c.1750, PMA 1977-167-929 powder flask, cowrie shell and brass, Germany c.1750, PMA 1977-167-929 shell cameo in openwork silver brooch, late 19th to early 20th c., p.c. shell cameo in openwork silver brooch, late 19th to early 20th c., p.c. shell cameo in openwork silver brooch, late 19th to early 20th c., p.c. shell cameo in openwork silver brooch, late 19th to early 20th c., p.c.