Palette with double bird heads with inlaid eyes
Object type: Palette, double birds
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Predynastic, Naqada II
Date: ca. 3500–3300 B.C.
Medium: Greywacke, shell (?)
Dimensions: H: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.); W: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Southern Upper Egypt Hierakonpolis (Nekhen)
Locale: Fort Cemetery (Hk 27)
Locus: Tomb 68
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1934–35
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1935
Accession year: 1935
Tags: Birds|Writing Implements