Slip from palette inscribed for the king's son Khety Nebkau
Object type: Painting palette, scribe's (?), Khety Nebkau
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Early Dynasty 12
Date: ca. 1981–1900 B.C.
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: l. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in)
Geography: From|Possibly from  |  Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: cemetery south of Senwosret (758)
Locus: west end of moat  "birbish"|Pit 723
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1907–08
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1915
Accession year: 1915