Colour palette: E.GA.4345.1943

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Colour palette

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Palette

Description

Palette, rectangular, with five wells, inscribed around rim. This palette has compartments for grinding and holding pigment, although the lid is missing. It is imscribed with the name of the overseer of recruits for the palace, Ihy.

Measurements and weight

Depth: 3.9 cm
Height: 11.25 cm
Length: 7.4 cm

Find spot

Egypt

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville, Major

Dating

5th Dynasty
Circa -2494 - Circa -2345

Materials used in production

Slate

Techniques used in production

Painted

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.GA.4345.1943
Primary reference Number: 58804
Oldadmincategory: SA
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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