Palette in the Shape of a Sheep with Inlaid Eyes | Photos by Tales from the Two Lands

Palette in the Shape of a Sheep with Inlaid Eyes

The sheep has curved & rippled horns. The eyes are inlaid with bone or ivory, and the carved details at the front mimic fur.

From Naqada.

Predynastic Period, Naqada II, c. 3500-3200 BCE.

Ceramic Mask from Hierakonpolis

Beaker with Nile River Scene

Bowl Shaped Like a Hieroglyph

Objects from a Child's Tomb

Jars with Lizards

Beaker with Nile River Scene

Mace Heads with Male Faces

Box with Flamingo Design

Large Jar with Boat Procession & Animals in Landscape

Large Jar with Boat Procession & Animals in Landscape

Mace Heads with Male Faces

Jar with Zigzag Panels

Jar with Flamingos

Large Jar with Boats and Figures

Incised Ware Bowl

Palette in the Shape of a Fish

Palette with Inlaid Eyes

Palette in the Shape of a Fish

Palette in the Shape of a Fish

Female & Male Figurines

Pot Sherd with Incised Serekh Topped by an Ibis

Female Figure with Upraised Arms

Amulet in the "Bull Head" Form with Inlaid Eyes

Palette in the Shape of a Sheep with Inlaid Eyes

Female Figure with Upraised Arms

Jar with Boat Designs

Palette in the Shape of a Sheep with Inlaid Eyes

Frog Shaped Stone Jar

Hippopotamus Tusk with Carved Head

Pottery Model of a Boat

Palette in the Form of a Bird

Rectangular Palette with Rubbing Stone

D-Ware Vessel with Wavy Line Decoration

Three D-Ware Vases with Wavy Decoration (Two with Wavy Handles)

D-Ware Pot Decorated with Water, Gazelles, Desert Hills and Trees

D-Ware Vessel with Decoration of Two Boats with Male & Female Figures at the Prows

Sherd of a Pot with a Red Crown Motif

Greywacke Palette with the Form of Two Birds' Heads and Ostrich Carvings

Amulet in the Shape of a Bull's Head

Greywacke Palette with the Form of Two Birds' Heads and Ostrich Carvings

D-Ware Pot Decorated with Two Boats, With Gazelles in the Boat

Three Palettes in the Shape of Fish

Pear Shaped Macehead

Female Figurine

Female Figurine

Female Figurine

One Stone Jar (left) and one Ceramic Lug-handled Jar Painted to Look Like Stone

Three Stone Lug-Handled Jars (Left) Plus Two Ceramic Lug-handled Jars Painted to Look Like Stone (Right)

Shard from a Black-topped Red Ware Jar with White-Painted Decoration of Sheep and a Dog with a Collar

Black-topped Red-ware Vessel with Rivet Holes

Ivory Figurines

Figure of a Falcon

Two Black-topped Red Ware Vessels With a Model Vessel (left)

Vase with Painted String Decoration

Dish in the Form of a Trussed Goose

Two Female Figurines and a Clay Seal with the Name of Neithhotep in a Serekh

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