Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · other

Palette in the Form of a Bird, Perhaps a Guinea Fowl

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Accession: 76.7
Find spot: Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Predynastic Period, Naqada II Period
Date: ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E.
Date range: 3500 BCE – 3300 BCE
Materials: ['Graywacke', 'shell or bone', 'black paste']
Height: 19.0 cm
Width: 0.7 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Palette in the Form of a Bird, Perhaps a Guinea Fowl (76.7). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/40166

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Caption: Palette in the Form of a Bird, Perhaps a Guinea Fowl, ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E.. Graywacke, shell or bone, black paste, 7 1/2 x 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. (19 x 0.7 x 28.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 76.7. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Found at Egypt

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 76.7 tier-2
BKM-Object 3851 tier-2

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