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Description

Dog topped palette
Geneve, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire D1167
from Upper Egypt (SD 77 or earlier)
cm 16,2 x 8,3
Falcon topped palette
Basel/Bâle Museum
(former Rudolf Schmidt private collection)
Unprovenanced (Late Predyn., SD 77?)
cm 22,7 x 11,7

 

Bibliography
H. Wild, in: BIFAO 47, 1948, 1-58, pl. IIa (Dog topped pal.), full discussion p. 41-44
H. Wild, in: BIFAO 47, 1948, 1-58, pl. IIe (Falcon topped pal.), discussion p. 44-47
Vandier, Manuel I, 379, fig. 256
Asselberghs, Chaos en Beheersing, 147, 279, fig. 86-87 (Dog topped palette)
J.O. Gransard-Desmond, Les Canidae de la Prehistoire a la Iere Dynastie en Egypte et en Nubie, 1999, (Corpus n. 69)

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