Palette rhomboid PAL-0039
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0039

By Hendrickx, Stan

Abadiya

, Tomb B56.

1898–1899 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.

Collection unknown

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

The find context and the contents of tomb B56 have not been published. Rhomboid palettes can generally be dated to Naqada I–II.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

The rhomboid palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and has pointed extremities.

 

Object use

The available documentation does not allow to note whether or not traces of use are visible on the palette.

Petrie 1901: pl. V.9.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0039, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0039. Retrieved 12 May 2024.