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Double bird palette

2960–2770 B.C.
FindspotDeir el-Ballas, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueGreywacke
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 12.5 x 9.7 x 0.7 cm (4 15/16 x 3 13/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineBrought from Harvard Camp
Accession number47.1636
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Ballas, Tomb B 103 (103/5). 1900-1901: excavated by George A. Reisner for the Hearst Egyptian Expedition of the University of California (which became the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition in 1905); by 1947: at Harvard Camp, Giza; 1947: shipped to the MFA from Harvard Camp.
(Accession Date: January 1, 1947)

Group shot (Clockwise from top): 13.3492, 03.1473, 04.1839, 13.3494
3850–3300 B.C.
Turtle palette
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Group shot (Clockwise from top): 13.3492, 03.1473, 04.1839, 13.3494
3650–3300 B.C.
Group shot (Clockwise from top): 13.3492, 03.1473, 04.1839, 13.3494
Naqada II 3650–3300 B.C.
Shield-shaped palette
2960–2770 B.C.
Rectangular palette
2960–2770 B.C.
Group shot:  04.1855, 47.1638
Naqada II, 3650–3300 B.C.
Fish-shaped palette
Naqada II–III, 3650–2960 B.C.
Group shot: 11.203, 47.1640
2960–2770 B.C.
Rhomboidal palette
Naqada I–II, 3850–3300 B.C.
Palette
2960–2770 B.C.
Fish-shaped palette
Naqada II, 3650–3300 B.C.