Fish shape palette. Only the outline and one eye are depicted. It has a hole from where to hang the object, and preserves traces of pounding malachite on it. According to some authors, these palettes also had a magical/religious character, and are even regarded as the first representations of deities.
NAQADA II (not before); CHALCOLITHIC PERIOD; GERZIAN (not after)
Archaeological Site
UNKNOWN
Category
PALETTE
Material
SILTSTONE
Technique
HEWN
Width
11.5 cm
Bibliography
PEREZ LARGACHA, A., Algunos objetos egipcios predinásticos conservados en el M.A.N., Boletin del Museo Arqueológico Nacional, VI, 1 - 2., 1988, Pp. 7-9 Fig. 2.
PEREZ - DIE, Mª C., Egipto. Guía didáctica del Museo Arqueológico Nacional. I, 1985, P. 14.
ALMAGRO BASCH, M.; ALMAGRO GORBEA, Mª J.; PEREZ - DIE, Mª C., Arte Faraónico. Exposición, 1975, P. 38, Nº 10
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