Flat rectangular palette, with rectangular hollow for reed brushes (now missing). Two circular holes for red and black ink cakes at one end. The top hole is stained black, and the bottom is red. Verticle crack in the left side. From Beni Hasan tomb no. 08.

John Garstang records that reed brushes were within the palette and they can be seen in one of his photographs.

Scribal Palette | National Museums Liverpool

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Flat rectangular palette, with rectangular hollow for reed brushes (now missing). Two circular holes for red and black ink cakes at one end. The top hole is stained black, and the bottom is red. Verticle crack in the left side. From Beni Hasan tomb no. 08. John Garstang records that reed brushes were within the palette and they can be seen in one of his photographs.

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Scribal Palette

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