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Slate palette: E.7.1911

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Current Location: Gallery 19

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Slate palette

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Description

Palette, tortoise/turtle shaped

Measurements and weight

Length: 10.5 cm

Find spot

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1910) by British School of Archaeology

Dating

Predynastic
-4000 - -3000

Materials used in production

stone Slate

Techniques used in production

Carved

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.7.1911
Primary reference Number: 51232
Oldadmincategory: S
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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