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 viewClassificationsTools and equipment
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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.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
3650–3300 B.C.
3850–3300 B.C.
Badarian to Naqada III, 4500–2960 B.C.
Naqada I–II, 3850–3300 B.C.
Naqada I–II, 3850–3300 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
2750–2649 B.C., or earlier
2750–2649 B.C., or earlier
Naqada I–II, 3850–3300 B.C.
Naqada II–III, 3650–2960 B.C.
Naqada II–III, 3650–2960 B.C.