20472http://www165.123.244.137/subject/20472/MuseumThe National Museum of IraqObject TypeInlaysSeason Number12: 1933-1934MaterialShaleMaterialShellU Number19086Description (Catalog Card)Inlay, or gaming pieces and inlay. 7 shell squares each originally engraved which were inlaid between borders of narrow brown wood(?) strips: also 5 shale disks each inlaid with 5 large white dots and 1, 2, or 3 small red dots; and two square shale pieces each inlaid with 5 white dots (probably there were more which were lost); the shell squares are inlay, the others may be gaming pieces. [drawing 1:1]Woolley's descriptionFind Context (Catalog Card)B34Material (Catalog Card)ShellMaterial as described by WoolleyMaterial (Catalog Card)ShaleMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (IM Number)IM 20378