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Box with Flamingo Design

Provenance unknown.

Predynastic Period, Late Naqada II, c.3500-3300 BCE.

Acc. No.: 10.130.1175

Carved Ceremonial Palette

Ornamental Comb

Ornamental Comb

Handle of a Ceremonial Knife

Ivory Figurines

Ivory Figurines

Ceramic Mask from Hierakonpolis

Handle of a Ceremonial Knife

Ivory Figurines

Clay Head from Merimde Beni Salama

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

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

Cylinder Seal & (Modern) Impression

Beaker with Nile River Scene

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

Objects from a Child's Tomb

Labels from Tomb U-j

Bowl Shaped Like a Hieroglyph

Pottery Vessel Decorated with Ring of People

Lion Cub Statue

Jars with Lizards

Game Pieces Shaped Like Lions

Game Pieces Shaped Like Lions

Beaker with Nile River Scene

Obsidian Fishtail Blade

Pottery Vessel Decorated with Ring of People

Chair or Bed Leg

Mace Heads with Male Faces

Box with Flamingo Design

Clay Seal Impression Depicting Rows of Birds

Human Figurines

The Lapis Lazuli Lady

The Lapis Lazuli Lady

The Lapis Lazuli Lady

Large Jar with Boat Procession & Animals in Landscape

Large Jar with Boat Procession & Animals in Landscape

Mace Heads with Male Faces

Hippo, Frog and Crocodile

Frog and Crocodile

Jar with Zigzag Panels

Lion Gaming Pieces

Pottery Sherd with Serekh

Incised Ware Bowl

Jar with Flamingos

Large Jar with Boats and Figures

A Jar With an Ink Inscription Naming Narmer

Rock Crystal Dish

Fragment of an Ivory Label

Palette in the Shape of a Fish

Limestone Lug Handled Jar

The Lapis Lazuli Lady

Ivory Male Statuette

Palette with Inlaid Eyes

Vessel in the Form of a Duck

Carved Soapstone Vessel with Blue Glaze and Decoration Imitating Basketwork

Fragment of an Ivory Box

Palette in the Shape of a Fish

Fragments of Painted Pottery from the Aegean

Palette in the Shape of a Fish

Female & Male Figurines

Female Figure with Upraised Arms

Pot Sherd with Incised Serekh Topped by an Ibis

Female Figure with Upraised Arms

Amulet in the "Bull Head" Form with Inlaid Eyes

Jar with Boat Designs

Palette in the Shape of a Sheep with Inlaid Eyes

Figure of a Scorpion

Palette in the Shape of a Sheep with Inlaid Eyes

Cosmetic Dish in the Form of a Tilapia Fish

Greywacke Ceremonial Knife in Shape of Bird Wing

Frog Shaped Stone Jar

Pottery Model of a Boat

Hippopotamus Tusk with Carved Head

Palette in the Form of a Bird

Pottery Model of a Boat

Small Black-topped Red Ware Vessel

D-Ware Vessel with Wavy Line Decoration

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

Rectangular Palette with Rubbing Stone

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

Shallow Bowl with a Ripple Finish

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

Stone Vessel in the Shape of a Lotus Blossom

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

D-Ware Vessel with Painted Hills

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

Ivory Wand or Penis Sheath

Figures of Four Frogs, a Hippo and a Pig

Terracotta Figure of a Lion

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

Three Palettes in the Shape of Fish

Bowl with Hippopotami

Pear Shaped Macehead

Bowl with Hippopotami

Bowl with Hippopotami

Black-topped Redware Jar with Sculpted Lizard Decoration

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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34thCenturyBCE 35thCenturyBCE 4thMillenniumBCE AncientEgypt Bird Box Flamingo Manhattan MetropolitanMuseumOfArt Museum NaqadaII NewYork Pottery PredynasticPeriod USA

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