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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.

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Diorite Bowl with the Name of King Khaba

Diorite Bowl with the Name of King Khaba

Clay Seal Impression Depicting Rows of Birds

A Fragment of a Clay Seal with Two of the Names of Sanakht

Pottery Sherd with Serekh

A Jar With an Ink Inscription Naming Narmer

Fragment of an Ivory Label

Rock Crystal Dish

Fragment of a Quartz Vase with an Inscription of One of the Names of Qaa

Palette in the Shape of a Fish

Limestone Lug Handled Jar

Palette with Inlaid Eyes

Vessel in the Form of a Duck

Palette in the Shape of a Fish

Palette in the Shape of a Fish

Carved Soapstone Vessel with Blue Glaze and Decoration Imitating Basketwork

Fragments of Painted Pottery from the Aegean

Fragments of Furniture Legs

Amulet in the "Bull Head" Form with Inlaid Eyes

Palette in the Shape of a Sheep with Inlaid Eyes

Frog Shaped Stone Jar

Palette in the Shape of a Sheep with Inlaid Eyes

Greywacke Ceremonial Knife in Shape of Bird Wing

Pottery Model of a Boat

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

Shallow Bowl with a Ripple Finish

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

Rectangular Palette with Rubbing Stone

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

Sherd of a Pot with a Red Crown Motif

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

Stone Vessel in the Shape of a Lotus Blossom

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

D-Ware Vessel with Painted Hills

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

Ivory Wand or Penis Sheath

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

Dish in the Form of a Trussed Goose

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

Vase with Painted String Decoration

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

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