Palette rhomboid PAL-0055
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0055

By Hendrickx, Stan

Abu Zeidan

, Tomb unknown.

1906–1908 : Brooklyn Museum excavation.

New York, Brooklyn Museum, 09.889.159.

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

General range of rhomboid palettes production.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

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

 

Object use

There is no information about the use of this palette.

Needler 1984: fig. 27.73.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

4.8

Length :

13.7

Additional information

Comments

The illustration on the Brooklyn Museum online catalogue is incorrect (as of 17.07.2023).

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0055, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0055. Retrieved 12 May 2024.