Palette Depicting a Pair of Mud Turtles, Predynastic, early Naqada II, ca. 3650–3500 B.C., From Egypt, Greywacke, H. 15.3 x W. 16 x Th. 0.6 cm (6 x 6 5/16 x 1/4 in.), The large mud turtle, Trionyx triunguis, which inhabited the Nile River and its canals, is the subject of many palettes and this one is quite unusual in depicting a pair. The duo may represent a mating pair linking the palette’s imagery to the concept of fertility and therefore regeneration
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Palette Depicting, Pair, Mud Turtles, Predynastic, early Naqada II, ca, 3650–3500 B.C, Egypt, Greywacke, H, 15.3 x W, 16 Th, 0.6 cm, 6 6 5/16 1/4, large, mud, turtle, Trionyx triunguis, inhabited, Nile River, canals, subject, palettes, quite unusual, depicting, pair, duo, represent, mating pair, linking, palette, imagery, concept, fertility, regeneration
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