Miniature palette made of greywacke, a dark green-black stone, similar to slate, which is found in the Wadi Hammamat area of the eastern desert in Egypt. This miniature palette is too small to be functional for grinding pigments, so presumably had a symbolic use and would have been found in a grave. In the Naqada I Period palettes were mostly rhomboidal in shape, but in the succeeding Naqada II & II Periods animal forms proliferated. This palette is in the shape of the silhouette of a bird, presumably a falcon. It has two flat sides with a depth of c. 2 mm. The bird shape consists of a squarish body topped by a long neck with a curving head and beak. A base area is marked by a notch on either side, presumably indicating the feet. In the centre of the base is a small circular perforation from which the palette could be hung or attached.