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Ancient Art
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Fish-shaped cosmetic palette

3450–3300 B.C.

Slate

13.2 × 19.8 × 0.6 cm (5 3/16 × 7 13/16 × 1/4 in.)
Yale University Art Gallery
1920.26.32
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Egyptian
Period: 
Predynastic, Naqada II
Classification: 
Tools and Equipment
Provenance: 

Mohammed Mohassib, Luxor, 1920

Bibliography: 

Gerry D. Scott, III, Ancient Egyptian Art at Yale, 1st (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 38, fig. 16A.

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