Palette shaped like a fish
Description
Palette, fish-shaped. Predynastic, Naqada II, ca. 3650–3300 B.C. Greywacke. L. 210.8 × W. 144.8 cm (83 × 57 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Fish. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1907.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A single grey stone palette shaped like a fish, photographed from the side with a visible drilled hole near the upper body and shallow incised/outlined edges near the dorsal region.
The artifact is a compact, dorsally rounded fish-shaped stone palette. The left side is broad and flat with a darker grey mottled surface; the right end terminates in a rounded protrusion shaped like a fish head. Near the upper body/dorsal area there is a small circular hole (likely for suspension or mounting). Along the upper margin toward the rear is a row of short tooth-like notches/indented marks. No clear painted decoration, grinding area, or tool marks are distinctly legible at this resolution beyond general wear/surface mottling. The image shows no readable hieroglyphs, nor any visible Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text. No cartouches, royal names, or divine iconography are identifiable. The catalogue’s identification as greywacke and a Predynastic Naqada II fish-shaped palette is consistent with the overall form and material appearance, and there is no clear contradiction visible.
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