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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0052
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Tomb 11k3.
1905–1906 : Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft excavation.Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, ÄM 19634.
Date : Naqada IID
Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 11k3 (Scharff 1926: 114–115, especially the Wavy handled jar Tf. 11.29).
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Almost complete
Description
The rhomboid palette has angular projections at the ends of the shorter axis and rounded extremities.
Object use
Use indicated by the depression visible in the centre of one side.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
10.2
Length :
22
Additional information
Comments
The palette was found with a grinding pebble (Berlin ÄM 19635, Scharff 1926: 53).
