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Detail of the Manchester palette (photo courtesy Jon Bodsworth)

Description
Ostrichs (or Manchester) palette
Manchester Mus. 5476
Unprovenanced, cm. 41 x 16,3 (schist)

Bibliography
Quibell-Green, Hierakonpolis Pt. 2, 1902, 42
Crompton, J.E.A. 5 p. 57-60 + plate 7
Petrie, Ceremonial Slate Palettes pl.A2
Vandier, Manuel I fig. 379
Weill, Ire Dynastie II p. 223 (drawing p. 224)
Cialowicz, Les palettes ... Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization 3, 1991, 42-43; 60; 76.
Cialowicz, La naissance d' un royaume... 2001 p. 191, 196, fig. 31.

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Thanks to Jon Bodsworth (Giza View) for the color photo in Manchester Museum