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A cosmetic palette is a surface, generally of stone, used to grind pigments for the preparation of cosmetics. Palettes are particularly characteristic of Predynastic Egypt, where they were made chiefl
The Four Dogs Palette in greywacke, 32 × 17.7 × 1.8 cm, Naqada IIIA–B, c. 3200–3100 BCE; Louvre Museum, E 11052, Room 633.
The Four Dogs Palette in greywacke, 32 × 17.7 × 1.8 cm, Naqada IIIA–B, c. 3200–3100 BCE; Louvre Museum, E 11052, Room 633.
Greywacke cosmetic palette, Naqada IB–IIB, 3700–3550 BCE; Museo Egizio, Turin (Suppl. 606).
Greywacke cosmetic palette, Naqada IB–IIB, 3700–3550 BCE; Museo Egizio, Turin (Suppl. 606).
Limestone cosmetic palette, 8.7 × 7.4 × 0.9 cm, Naqada IIC–IIIA, 3500–3200 BCE; excavated at Heliopolis and held by the Museo Egizio, Turin, Suppl. 40
Limestone cosmetic palette, 8.7 × 7.4 × 0.9 cm, Naqada IIC–IIIA, 3500–3200 BCE; excavated at Heliopolis and held by the Museo Egizio, Turin, Suppl. 4034/01.
Rectangular quartz cosmetic palette, 9.5 × 7 × 1 cm, 3600–3000 BCE, from Tomb 1 at Tamit; Museo Egizio, Turin, Provv. 3661.
Rectangular quartz cosmetic palette, 9.5 × 7 × 1 cm, 3600–3000 BCE, from Tomb 1 at Tamit; Museo Egizio, Turin, Provv. 3661.
Prehistoric Egypt
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Prehistoric Egypt and Predynastic Egypt was the period of time starting at the first human occupation of the region and ending at the First Dynasty of Egypt around 3100 BC.
Cosmetic palette
…cosmetic palette is a surface, generally of stone, used to grind pigments for the preparation of cosmetics. Palettes are particularly characteristic of Predynastic Egypt, where they were made chiefly from grey-green stone quarried in the Wadi Hammamat and took both geometric and zoomorphic forms. During Naqada III, large…
Artifacts of Egypt from the Prehistoric period, from 4400 to 3100 BC. First row from top left: a Badarian ivory figurine, a Naqada jar, a Bat figurine
Artifacts of Egypt from the Prehistoric period, from 4400 to 3100 BC. First row from top left: a Badarian ivory figurine, a Naqada jar, a Bat figurine. Second row: a diorite vase, a flint knife, a cosmetic palette.
Nazlet Khater skeleton, Upper Paleolithic, 35,000 before present; National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Cairo
Nazlet Khater skeleton, Upper Paleolithic, 35,000 before present; National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Cairo
Aterian point from Zaccar, Djelfa region, Algeria.
Aterian point from Zaccar, Djelfa region, Algeria.
Merimde culture clay head, circa 5,000 BC. This is one of the earliest known representations of a human head in Egypt.
Merimde culture clay head, circa 5,000 BC. This is one of the earliest known representations of a human head in Egypt.