Palette in the shape of a fish
Object type: Palette, fish shaped
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Predynastic, Naqada II
Date: ca. 3500 B.C.
Medium: Greywacke
Dimensions: H: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.); W: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Southern Upper Egypt Hierakonpolis (Nekhen)
Locale: Fort Cemetery (Hk 27)
Locus: Tomb 6
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1934–35
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1935
Accession year: 1935