Palette with two birds attached at their tails
Description
Palette, double bird. Predynastic, Naqada II, ca. 3650–3500 B.C. Greywacke. L. 19.1 × W. 9.1 cm (7 1/2 × 3 9/16 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Birds. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1910.
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 small, two-lobed stone palette-like object in grey-green material, shaped like two rounded ends joined in the middle; small projections at both outer ends suggest attached elements (possibly birds) per the catalogue description.
The image shows a compact greywacke object photographed against a neutral light background. The form consists of two roughly semicircular/almond-shaped lobes that meet at a narrow central waist, creating a symmetrical “two-piece” look. At the outer top ends of each lobe there is a small raised projection or tail-like protrusion, but no clear carved birds, wings, or beaks are visible at this resolution. The surface is worn and mottled, with minor chips and abrasions; no clear pigment traces are visible. No hieroglyphs, cartouches, or other inscriptions are present, and there is no visible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text. Overall appearance is consistent with a predynastic palette motif, though the specific “two birds attached at their tails” aspect cannot be confirmed visually beyond the presence of small end projections.
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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