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Turtle-shaped palette

Naqada II 3650–3300 B.C.
FindspotNaga el-Hai (Qena), Egypt
Medium/TechniqueGreywacke, shell
DimensionsWidth x length: 13 x 16 cm (5 1/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.3492
On View
On view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Naga el-Hai (Qena), tomb K 362. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1913: assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.

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
3850–3300 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.
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.