Painter's Palette Inscribed with the Name of Amenhotep III

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ca. 1390–1352 B.C. · Ivory, pigment · Egyptian Art

This painter's palette was carved from a single piece of ivory. Six oval wells contain cakes of pigments including blue, green, brown (?), yellow, red, and black. The oval cartouche at one end encircles the throne name of Amenhotep III, Nebmaatre, and the epithet "beloved of Re."

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1390–1352 B.C.

Medium

Ivory, pigment

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926