Palette in the shape of a turtle
Naqada I, 3850–3650 B.C.
FindspotMesaid, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueSlate - greywacke
DimensionsHeight x width: 51 x 42 cm (20 1/16 x 16 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.227
On View
On viewClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed) tomb 123, no. 5. [M/123/5]. 1910: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the divsion of finds by the government of Egypt.
(Accession Date: March 2, 1911)
(Accession Date: March 2, 1911)
Naqada II, 3650–3300 B.C.
1550–1070 B.C. (?)
1783–about 1640 B.C.
1980–1630 B.C.
1980–1630 B.C.
2040–about 1640 B.C.
early 4th–early 3rd millennium B.C.
