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Palette

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Palette from the burial goods of a child of the Naqada I Period, in the early fourth millennium BC.The child wore a copper bangle on the left wrist, and glazed steatite beads and a carnelian pendant at the neck; behind the body was found a fish-shaped palette for grinding green eye paint. The palette bears scratchmarks from extensive use.

Present location

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number

1909:320

Dating

NAQADA I

Archaeological Site

EL-MAHASNA

Category

PALETTE

Material

SLATE

Technique

CARVED

Width

9 cm

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