Name: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access
Creator: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Egyptian Artca. 3300–3100 B.C.

Artwork Details

Title	Fish-shaped palette
Medium	Greywacke
Dimensions	H: 11.9 cm (4 11/16 in.); W: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.)
Department	Egyptian Art
Date	ca. 3300–3100 B.C.
Credit Line	Rogers Fund, 1935
Object Page	View at The Met

Cultural Origin

Period	Predynastic, Naqada III
Date Range	3300 BC

Provenance

Region	Southern Upper Egypt
Country	Egypt

Other works from the Predynastic, Naqada III period

ca. 3300–3100 B.C.Spoon with a falcon on the handle

ca. 3300–3100 B.C.Large late ware storage jar

ca. 3300–3100 B.C.Male figure

ca. 3300–2960 B.C.Palette, fish

ca. 3300–3100 B.C.Human figure, possibly male

ca. 3300–3100 B.C.Squat lugged stone vessel

ca. 3300–3100 B.C.Face from a statuette

ca. 3300–3100 B.C.Wavy-handled jar with cross-hatched design

Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access · Object 547361