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The above are details of the following pieces:

Above Left:

Egypt, Predynastic Period
Naqada II, ca. 3500-3000 B.C.

"Double Bird-Headed Palette"
Green slate, 13-1/8 x 5-5/16 inches
Gift of the Atlantes Society, 1990.7
Collection of the Michael C. Carlos Museum

Center:

Egypt, Late Period,
25th-26th Dynasty, 7th-6th century B.C.

"The Goddess Wadjet"
Bronze
Gift of a friend of the Gallery, 51.118
Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery

Above Right:

Egypt, Late Period
ca. 712-332 B.C.

"Statuette of Taweret"
Faience, 4-1/4 x 1-1/2 inches
Lent by William S. Arnett, L1994.12.103
Collection of the Michael C. Carlos Museum

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