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Creator: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Egyptian Artca. 3300–3100 B.C.

Artwork Details

Title	Palette, fish
Medium	Greywacke
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 – 3100 BC

Provenance

Region	Southern Upper Egypt
Country	Egypt

Other works from the Predynastic, Naqada III period

ca. 3100 B.C.Pottery vase with inscription labeling a royal estate

ca. 3300–3100 B.C.String of beads

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

ca. 3300–3100 B.C.Fish-shaped palette

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

ca. 3300–3100 B.C.Late ware jar with wavy painted decoration

ca. 3300–3100 B.C.Broken rhomboid palette

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

Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access · Object 575898