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Creator: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Egyptian Artca. 3900–3500 B.C.

Artwork Details

Title	Palette, turtle
Medium	Greywacke
Department	Egyptian Art
Date	ca. 3900–3500 B.C.
Credit Line	Rogers Fund, 1907
Object Page	View at The Met

Cultural Origin

Period	Predynastic, Late Naqada l–Naqada II
Date Range	3900 BC – 3500 BC

Provenance

Country

Egypt

Other works from the Predynastic, Late Naqada l–Naqada II period

ca. 3900–3500 B.C.Bone comb with an antelope

ca. 3900–3500 B.C.Bowl in the form of a turtle

ca. 3900–3650 B.C.String of beads

ca. 3700–3500 B.C.Black-topped red ware jar

ca. 3900–3500 B.C.Comb with a pair of ducks

ca. 4500–4000 B.C.Bowl

ca. 3900–3650 B.C.Bowl with Human Feet

ca. 3900–3500 B.C.Boat-shaped palette

Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access · Object 571440