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Make-up palette in the shape of a tilapia fish, slate, beaten, retouched (stone work), smoothed, incised, graywacke, Total: Height: 3.2 cm; Width: 4.8 cm; Depth: 0.8 cm, ritual objects and accessories, grave goods, fish (animals), It is not certain whether this tilapia fish (cichlid) made of gray-green slate is a make-up palette. Although the pallets consist of the same rock, they are much larger and more abstract. Make-up pallets made of this material are characteristic of the naqada culture of the 4th millennium BC. Minerals were ground up on them and mixed to make up for eyes. This green or black paste was used in the cult to paint the cult statue or in daily life as make-up. The significance of the make-up plates can be seen from their function as a burial gift. (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)