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Colour palette
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.
Depth: 3.9 cm
Height: 11.25 cm
Length: 7.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville, Major
5th Dynasty
Circa
-2494
-
Circa
-2345
Accession number: E.GA.4345.1943
Primary reference Number: 58804
Oldadmincategory: SA
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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