Black Basalt Cosmetic palettes were used to grind pigments such as malachite or galena, from which eye-paint was made. This example can be dated to the Naqada II period (c.3500- BC), by which time cosmetic palettes had almost certainly acquired ritualistic or magical connotations. On its underside, an incised row of hieroglyphics.
Egyptian antiquities are authentic historical relics and come with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Egyptian
3500 BC
6” x 4”

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