Palette
| Object Number: | E1232 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt Ballas (uncertain) Naqada (uncertain) |
| Locus: | Grave 813 |
| Period: | Egyptian Predynastic Period Naqada II |
| Date Made: | 3500-3100 BCE |
| Early Date: | -3500 |
| Late Date: | -3100 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Slate |
| Technique: | Inlaid |
| Iconography: | Turtle |
| Height: | 14 cm |
| Width: | 10 cm |
| Depth: | 1 cm |
| Credit Line: | Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; William Flinders Petrie, 1895 |
| Other Number: | ES1232 - Other Number |
Description
A round palette in a turtle shape. The turtle's eyes were originally inlaid, but the inlays are now missing. The four feet of the turtle are indicated, but the front two feet are broken. There is a hole for stringing on the left side of the palette.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Five Thousand Years of Vanity (06 Jan 1944 - 28 Feb 1944) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] An Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Civilization.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 40 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. Cornell University Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 226-27 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] 1985. The Artifacts of Ancient Egypt.. National Museum of History, Republic of China. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 87 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Ranke, Hermann. 1950. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 15. no. 2-3. pg. 21-109 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 24, fig. 7 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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