Small double bird-headed palette
Naqada II, 3650–3300 B.C.
FindspotMesaid (Mesa'eed), Egypt
Medium/TechniqueSlate - greywacke
DimensionsHeight x width: 4.9 x 3.7 cm (1 15/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.229
On View
On viewClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed) tomb 148, no 2 [M/148/2] 1910: excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
(Accession Date: March 2, 1911)
(Accession Date: March 2, 1911)
Naqada I, 3850–3650 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.
