Cosmetic Palette

1999.21.164.2

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Greywacke stone palette. Marked in ink ϕ[phi]82. From Egypt Exploration Fund (now Society) 1899-1900 excavations at Abydos, Cemetery ϕ, grave ϕ16. Objects like this were used with a pebble to grind minerals such as malachite to make eyepaint