Writing Palette and Brushes of Princess Meketaten
Object type: Palette and brushes, scribe, Princess Meketaten
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Akhenaten
Date: ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Medium: Ivory, rush, red, yellow, and black pigments
Dimensions: L. 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in); w. 2.3 cm (7/8 in); th. 0.5 cm (3/16 in)
Geography: From|Said to be from  |  Egypt Upper Egypt; Thebes 
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession year: 1926
Tags: Hieroglyphs|Writing Implements