Libyan Palette

It dates from the Naqada III or Protodynastic Period of Egypt (c. 3200 to 3000 BC).

[4][5][6] Below these animals, an orchard with olive trees is depicted, and the hieroglyphic inscription thnw or tjehenw (usually transcribed as tehenu), most likely a toponym of Western Nile Delta or, according to most scholars, what was later associated with Libya.

[5] The character consists in the throwing stick on top of an oval, meaning "region", "place", "island", a toponym of Libya or Western Delta pronounced THnw, Tjehenw.

[7] The opposite side of the Libyan Palette shows the feet of some persons above a register line.

Above each town, an animal grasps its wall with the mr (hoe) hieroglyph.