Object register page:
Schist palette with two indentations for black and red ink. Illustration: yes.
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- ID
- EMC_JE_38971
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- Department
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Classification
- Tools & equipment-Writing
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- Findspot
- Giza, Kafr al-Batran (Nezlet Batran), Grave 56
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- Material
- Schist
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- Dimensions
- JE: L 10.5 cm; CG: 10 x 5.7 cm
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- Credit Line
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Catalogue General number
- EMC_CG_69036
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- Cairo Special Register number
- EMC_SR_4/323
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- Period
- Early Dynastic Period, Dynasty 1
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- Excavator
- Sir William Flinders Petrie, British, 1853–1942
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- Object owned by
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Notes
- Found by Petrie, 1907. JE lists provenance as "tomb of Djet", but see Petrie, Giza and Rifeh, p. 3, describing the tombs at Nezlet Batran as "contemporary" with that of Djet at Abydos.
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- Remarks
- RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_VII_Sp177LR; EMC_CG_069001-069099_SP042; EMC_CG_069001-069099_SP097; RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Sir William Flinders Petrie; RELATED SITE(S): Nezlet Batran; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_CG_69036
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Petrie, Flinders. Gizeh and Rifeh, p. 5, pl. III.
Modern People
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- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates British, 1853–1942
- Remarks Father of British Egyptology.
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- Type Object owned by
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