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Rectangular palette

3100–2800 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
Object PlaceEgypt
Medium/TechniquePorphyry
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 13 x 9 x 2.4 cm (5 1/8 x 3 9/16 x 15/16 in.)
Credit LineEmily Esther Sears Fund
Accession number04.1839
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceSaid to be from Naqada. 1904: purchased by Albert M. Lythgoe in Egypt for the MFA with funds from the Emily Esther Sears Fund.