Pre-Dynastic Palettes


Mud Turtles
Egyptian, Early Naqada II (ca. 3650-3500 BCE)
Greywacke, Rogers Fund, 1910 (10.176.78)


Double bird palette
Egyptian, Naqada II (ca. 3500-3300 BCE)
Greywacke, Gift of George D. Pratt, 1922, (22.4.4)


Palette with Antelope Heads and a Turtle
Egyptian, Early Naqada II (ca. 3650-3500 BCE)
Greywacke, Gift of Lily Place, 1910 (21.6.113)

(From info card)
"This palette is quite unusual because it depicts three animals: two antelope (at the top) and a turtle (head upside down at the bottom). These species represent two significant environments for the ancient Egyptians: the low desert and the river."


Double Bird Palette
LACMA M.80.199.72

Two Palettes
Brooklyn Museum