Fish-shaped palette with the remains of green pigment
Object type: Palette, fish shaped
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Predynastic, Naqada II
Date: ca. 3650–3300 B.C.
Medium: Greywacke
Dimensions: H. 10.3 cm (4 1/16 in); l. 16.4 (6 7/16 in); th. 1.1 cm (7/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Southern Upper Egypt Hierakonpolis (Nekhen)
Locale: Fort Cemetery (Hk 27)
Locus: Tomb 21
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1934–35
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1935
Accession year: 1935
Tags: Fish|Writing Implements