Painter's Palette Inscribed with the Name of Amenhotep III

New Kingdom

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 119

This painter's palette was carved from a single piece of ivory. Six oval wells contain cakes of pigments including blue, green, brown (?), yellow, red, and black. The oval cartouche at one end encircles the throne name of Amenhotep III, Nebmaatre, and the epithet "beloved of Re."

Painter's Palette Inscribed with the Name of Amenhotep III, Ivory, pigment

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Painter's Palette Inscribed with the Name of Amenhotep III, Ivory, pigment
Painter's Palette Inscribed with the Name of Amenhotep III, Ivory, pigment
Painter's Palette Inscribed with the Name of Amenhotep III, Ivory, pigment

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