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Carved Ceremonial Palette

Provenance unknown.

Predynastic Period, Naqada III, c.3200-3100 BCE.

Acc. No.: 28.9.8

Vessel in the Form of a Duck

Vase with Painted String Decoration

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

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

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

Three Palettes in the Shape of Fish

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

The Lapis Lazuli Lady

The Lapis Lazuli Lady

The Lapis Lazuli Lady

The Lapis Lazuli Lady

Terracotta Figure of a Lion

Stone Vessel in the Shape of a Lotus Blossom

Small Black-topped Red Ware Vessel

Sherd of a Pot with a Red Crown Motif

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

Shallow Bowl with a Ripple Finish

Rock Crystal Dish

Rectangular Palette with Rubbing Stone

Pottery Vessel Decorated with Ring of People

Pottery Vessel Decorated with Ring of People

Pottery Sherd with Serekh

Pottery Model of a Boat

Pottery Model of a Boat

Pot Sherd with Incised Serekh Topped by an Ibis

Plate Depicting a Man on Boat Alongside a Hippo & a Crocodile

Pear Shaped Macehead

Palette with Inlaid Eyes

Palette in the Shape of a Sheep with Inlaid Eyes

Palette in the Shape of a Sheep with Inlaid Eyes

Palette in the Shape of a Fish

Palette in the Shape of a Fish

Palette in the Shape of a Fish

Palette in the Form of a Bird

Ornamental Comb

Ornamental Comb

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

Obsidian Fishtail Blade

Objects from a Child's Tomb

Mace Heads with Male Faces

Mace Heads with Male Faces

Lion Gaming Pieces

Lion Cub Statue

Limestone Lug Handled Jar

Libation Dish Shaped Like the Hieroglyphs "ka" and "ankh"

Libation Dish Shaped Like the Hieroglyphs "ka" and "ankh"

Large Jar with Boats and Figures

Large Jar with Boat Procession & Animals in Landscape

Large Jar with Boat Procession & Animals in Landscape

Labels from Tomb U-j

Jars with Lizards

Jar with Zigzag Panels

Jar with Flamingos

Jar with Boat Designs

Ivory Wand or Penis Sheath

Ivory Male Statuette

Ivory Figurines

Ivory Figurines

Ivory Figurines

Ivory Figurines

Incised Ware Bowl

Human Figurines

Hippopotamus Tusk with Carved Head

Hippo, Frog and Crocodile

Handle of a Ceremonial Knife

Handle of a Ceremonial Knife

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

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

Greywacke Ceremonial Knife in Shape of Bird Wing

Game Pieces Shaped Like Lions

Game Pieces Shaped Like Lions

Frog Shaped Stone Jar

Frog and Crocodile

Fragments of Painted Pottery from the Aegean

Fragment of an Ivory Label

Fragment of an Ivory Box

Figures of Four Frogs, a Hippo and a Pig

Figure of a Scorpion

Figure of a Male Child with a Figure of a Standing Man in the Background

Figure of a Falcon

Female Figurine

Female Figurine

Female Figurine

Female Figure with Upraised Arms

Female Figure with Upraised Arms

Female & Male Figurines

Dish in the Form of a Trussed Goose

D-Ware Vessel with Wavy Line Decoration

D-Ware Vessel with Painted Hills

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

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

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

Cylinder Seal & (Modern) Impression

Cosmetic Dish in the Form of a Tilapia Fish

Clay Seal Impression Depicting Rows of Birds

Clay Head from Merimde Beni Salama

Chair or Bed Leg

Ceramic Mask from Hierakonpolis

Carved Soapstone Vessel with Blue Glaze and Decoration Imitating Basketwork

Carved Ceremonial Palette

Box with Flamingo Design

Bowl with Hippopotami

Bowl with Hippopotami

Bowl with Hippopotami

Bowl Shaped Like a Hieroglyph

Bone or Shell Bangles, with Garstang's Original Excavation Card

Black-topped Redware Jar with Sculpted Lizard Decoration

Black-topped Red-ware Vessel with Rivet Holes

Beaker with Nile River Scene

Beaker with Nile River Scene

Amulet in the Shape of a Bull's Head

Amulet in the "Bull Head" Form with Inlaid Eyes

A Jar With an Ink Inscription Naming Narmer

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32ndCenturyBCE 4thMillenniumBCE AncientEgypt Manhattan MetropolitanMuseumOfArt Museum NaqadaIII NewYork Palette PredynasticPeriod USA

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