Wilkinson, John Gardner; Birch, Samuel [Contr.]: The Egyptians in the time of the pharaohs: being a companion to the Crystal Palace Egyptian collections (London, 1857)

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DOMESTIC HABITS OF THE EGYPTIANS.

The inkstand contained two colours, black and red; the latter
being introduced at the beginning of a subject, and for the

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division of certain sentences,—showing this custom to be as
old as that of holding the pen behind the ear often pourtrayed
in the paintings of the tombs.

Some palettes contained more than two colours,—black, red,
blue, green, and white (fig. 2). They were of the same long
shape as the ordinary inkstand, with the usual case in the