Palette
- Accession Number
- W1062
- Current Location
- House of Life (first floor), Body adornment case
- Object Type
- Implements and utensils, Cosmetic and medical equipment and implements, Palette
- Period
- Predynastic Period
- Badarian Culture to Naqada II
- Material
- Stone/minerals (Diorite)
- Provenance
- Egypt, Naqada
- Measurements
- Length: 155mm | Width: 106mm | Depth: 23mm
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian
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Licensing details
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- Description
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A diorite palette. The remains of the modern inscription on the object reads 'flat polishing stone [....] from Naqada Casira Jan 27 1902 No2'. Naqada Period is named after the type site in Upper Egypt, just north of Thebes. Such hardstone palettes are also found in Nubia.
- Wellcome Number
- A23150
- Other Identity
- 309 (Round white label)
- Previous Owners
- Michel Casira (–1911) | Ellinor Frances Berens (1842–1924) | Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Last modified: 23 Dec 2021