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Palette – rhomboid, with horns emblem PAL-0038
By Hendrickx, Stan
Archaeological site unknown.
1903 : Purchased from Girgis Gabriel in Qena by Albert M. Lythgoe as part of a group (MFA 03.1491-03.1492).Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, MFA 04.1855.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
One of the bird heads is broken off.
Description
Rhomboid palette with a horns emblem ending in bird heads on top of one of the extremities. The palette is angular at the ends of the shorter axis and has pointed extremities.
Object use
No traces of use are visible on the surface of the palette. The scratches visible on the surface are probably tool marks left from the shaping of the palette.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
6
Length :
15
Thickness :
0.6
Additional information
References
Not previously published.
