Name: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access
Creator: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Egyptian Artca. 4500–4000 B.C. (?)

Artwork Details

Title	Palette in the Form of a Fish
Medium	Greywacke
Dimensions	H. 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in); w. 5 cm (1 15/16 in)
Department	Egyptian Art
Date	ca. 4500–4000 B.C. (?)
Credit Line	Gift of Albert M. Lythgoe, 1917
Object Page	View at The Met

Cultural Origin

Period	Predynastic Period
Date Range	4500 BC – 4000 BC

Provenance

Region	Northern Upper Egypt
Country	Egypt

Other works from the Predynastic Period period

ca. 3850–2960 B.C.Palette with Incised Figures of Giraffes, Ibex, and Antelope

ca. 3850–2960 B.C.Implement

ca. 3850–2960 B.C.Rhomboidal palette

ca. 3850–2960 B.C.Tool

ca. 4500–4000 B.C. (?)Red polished ware jar

ca. 3850–2960 B.C.Tool

ca. 3850–2960 B.C.Jar

ca. 3850–2960 B.C.Shell pendant or bead

Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access · Object 558061