Item: Egyptian slate palette in the form of a fish

Place of origin: Mostagedda: published by Guy Brunton, Mostagedda 1937:70, 154, Pl. xliii, 9 - reference with thanks to L. Vorster.

Date of origin: Predynastic (4500-3000 BC)

Accession number: 2552a

Description: Palette for grinding eye makeup, usually a substance such as malachite. Such palettes are typrical of the early period and occur in various forms - also zoomorphic.