Fragment of Palette Abydos
Description
Object Label: The court of Amunhotep III showed great interest in Egypt’s past. This fragment comes from a cosmetic palette made just before or during the First Dynasty. The figure of a servant on one side was part of the original carving. Fourteen centuries later, the palette was recarved with images of Amunhotep III and Queen Tiye (see illustration). The bent elbow and arm on the reverse match images from a larger fragment in Cairo. Caption: Fragment of Palette, ca. 3200–2800 B.C.E.. Greywacke, 3 3/16 x 1 15/16 x 13/16 in. (8.1 x 5 x 2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 66.175. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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- Brooklyn 66.175 PNM text
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A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Cross-references (3)
- BKM-Accession 66.175 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3754 tier-2
- PNM-Object pnm:83912153 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
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