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Blue glass palette

Blue, one side royal person, crown and uraeus, wearing short kilt. Left hand grasps hair of 3 enemies, right a weapon. Above the king, head of lion or lioness. Reverse, man carrying ducks over shoulder.

From Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, West Thebes. New Kingdom, ca. 1550-1070 BC. Now in the Oriental Institute of Chicago.