Context (CMS Context)
Found: Grave a 64; Excavated by MacIver.D.R in 1901
Event Date 10/6/1991
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Slate comma form palette
Event Date 10/6/1991
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Slate palette with a roughly rounded back, flat base and a 'head' curved slightly inward. One side of the curved 'head' has a drilled hole, possibly for an eye. This form may be intended to depict a hedgehog.
Event Date 24/2/2016
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
In his MA thesis supplement (see Bib), George Wing suggests that this palette might possibly represent a hedgehog. A new description including this possibility has therefore been added.
Event Date 24/2/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Wing, George. 2015. Predynastic Egyptian representations of animals: The journey from nature to art and beyond. Database Supplement. Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/11335/.
Event Date 24/2/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Amendments / updates)
This object type is often referred to as a slate palette. The stone that it is made from is often mistakenly identified as slate or schist. However, it is most likely to be a form of greywacke, an umbrella term that encompasses the stones siltstone and mudstone. This material is almost the sole medium for the production of palettes. The Material field has therefore been updated: 'slate' has been removed and 'greywacke' added in its place. For further information on this material type, resulting in this subsequent update see: Stevenson, Alice. (2009). 'Palettes'. Wendrich, Willeke et al (eds.) UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology. pp. 1-9. [http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/viewFile.do?contentFileId=1697680 accessed 12/11/2020].
Event Date 12/11/2020
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson