Description (CMS Description)
Small slate palette with two bird heads on top.
Event Date 24/2/2016
Author: maa

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

Description (CMS Description)
Small slate palette amulet. Rectangular body topped with double bird heads. The base, defined by two triangular cuts into the body, is partially broken.
Event Date 24/2/2016
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
See 1900.425-1900.428. All probably from Abadiyeh where there were cemeteries A and B etc. according to which objects were marked Donor unknown, but probably Sir Flinders Petrie.
Event Date 24/2/2016
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
In his MA thesis (see Bib), George Wing describes this as an amulet, which has been added to the Names field and incorporated into a new description.
Event Date 24/2/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (CMS Context)
When this palette amulet was accessioned as Z 14925 F, the catalogue card noted that it was probably from Abadiyeh. The object has now been matched definitively through illustration in the publication of Diospolis Parva, and is now confirmed to be from Cemetery B at Abadiyeh.
Event Date 26/2/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Petrie, W.M.F. 1901. Diospolis Parva. The Cemeteries of Abadiyeh and Hu 1898-9. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. pl. XII.40
Event Date 26/2/2016
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