Name: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access
Creator: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Egyptian Artca. 4400–3800 B.C.

Artwork Details

Title	Palette, rectangular
Medium	Greywacke
Dimensions	H. 11.2 × W. 5.2 × Th. 0.7 cm (4 7/16 × 2 1/16 × 1/4 in.)
Department	Egyptian Art
Date	ca. 4400–3800 B.C.
Credit Line	Rogers Fund, 1932
Object Page	View at The Met

Cultural Origin

Period	Predynastic, Badarian
Date Range	4400 BC – 3800 BC

Provenance

Region	Northern Upper Egypt
Country	Egypt

Other works from the Predynastic, Badarian period

ca. 4000–3800 B.C.String of beads

ca. 4400–3800 B.C.String of Ancillaria shells

ca. 4400–3800 B.C.String of beads

ca. 4000–3800 B.C.Scraper

ca. 4400–3800 B.C.Needle

ca. 4400–3800 B.C.Decorated ware jar with two boats

ca. 4400–3800 B.C.Anklet

ca. 4400–3800 B.C.Bowl

Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access · Object 547383