Diamond-shaped palette
3100–3000 B.C.
FindspotEgypt
Medium/TechniqueQuartz
DimensionsWidth x length: 2.5 x 6 cm (1 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit LineArchaeological Survey of Nubia
Accession number19.1562
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Seyala (ASN137/3/10). 1911. Excavated by Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition for the Archaeological Survey of Nubia; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the Egyptian government.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
3100–3000 B.C.
1991–1783 B.C., or later
2246–2152 B.C.
2246–2152 B.C.
2246–2152 B.C.
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
270 B.C.–A.D. 320