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Fish-shaped palette

3650–3300 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
FindspotNaga el-Hai (Qena), Egypt
Medium/TechniqueGreywacke, shell
DimensionsLength: 12.3 cm (4 13/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.3494
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Naga el-Hai (Qena), tomb K 527. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1913: assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Naqada II 3650–3300 B.C.
3850–3300 B.C.
early to mid-19th century
3850–3650 B.C.
mid to late 20th century
20th century
early 20th century