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Double bird head palette

2960–2770 B.C.
Object PlaceShiekh Ali (Abadiya), Egypt
Medium/TechniqueGreywacke
DimensionsHeight x width x thickness: 27.7 x 11 x 0.9 cm (10 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineBrought from Harvard Camp
Accession number47.1640
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
Provenance[Provenance issue: Dates and Exp.Ph. # look like Reisner/Hearst Expedition information, as does the 1947 Harvard Camp history, rather than Lythgoe. Needs to be clarified.]

From Sheikh Ali (Abadiya). Exp.Ph. O.S. C 1822
Purchased by Albert M. Lythgoe in Egypt, 1900-1901 for the MFA. Brought from Harvard Camp in 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.
Double bird 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.
Rhomboidal palette
Naqada I–II, 3850–3300 B.C.
Palette
2960–2770 B.C.
Fish-shaped palette
Naqada II, 3650–3300 B.C.