Disc with floral decoration

1969, excavated under the direction of Crystal M. Bennett on behalf of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the University College of London, Institute of Archaeology; ceded to the University College of London in the division of finds; acquired by the Museum in 1970 (but not accessioned until 1977), purchased from the University College of London.

Annual Report of the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 108 (Jul. 1, 1977 - Jun. 30, 1978), p. 32.

Brandl, Baruch. 1984. "The Engraved Tridacna-Shell Disc." Anatolian Studies 34, pp. 15-41. Figs. 1d, 2d, 5b, 7a, 9d, and p. 17, no. 4.

Reese David S. 1988. "A New Engraved Tridacna Shell from Kish." Journal of Near Eastern Studies 47 (1), p. 39, n. 31.

Reese David S. 1991. "The Trade of Indo-Pacific Shells into the Mediterranean Basin and Europe." Oxford Journal of Archaeology 10 (2), p. 165.

Reese David S. and Catherine Sease. 1993. "Some Previously Unpublished Engraved Tridacna Shells." Journal of Near Eastern Studies 52 (2), p. 128.

Bienkowski, Piotr. 1995. "The Small Finds." In Excavations at Tawilan in Southern Jordan, edited by Crystal-M. Bennet and Piotr Bienkowski. British Academy Monographs in Archaeology 8. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 95, fig. 10:2.

Reese David S. and Catherine Sease. 2004. "Additional Unpublished Engraved Tridacna and Anadara Shells." Journal of Near Eastern Studies 63 (1), p. 37.