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
Collections
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.
2490–2472 B.C.
early to mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
3850–3650 B.C.
30 B.C.–A.D 364
3850–3650 B.C.
mid to late 20th century
20th century
early 20th century