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(inventory)Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Description	English: Murex (mollusc of the muricidae family) bearing the name of Rimush, king of Kish, ca. 2270 BC. The shell comes from the Red Sea or the Persian Gulf. Français : Murex (mollusque de la famille des muricidæ) portant le nom de Rimush, roi de Kish, v. 2270 av. J.-C. Le coquillage provient de la Mer Rouge ou du Golfe Persique.
Credit line	Old fund
Accession number	AO 21404
Location	Department of Oriental Antiquities, Richelieu wing, ground floor, room 2
Photographer/source	Jastrow (2006)

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