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Palette – rhomboid, with horns emblem PAL-0058
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Archaeological context unknown.Cambridge, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Z 18004.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Complete
Preservation information :
One extremity damaged.
Description
Small-sized (or miniature?) rhomboid palette with a horns emblem ending in bird heads at one of the extremities. The palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and has a rounded extremity.
Decoration
The horns are seemingly separated from one another by a hole drilled throught the thickness of the palette.
Object use
No obvious traces of use can be noted on the available documentation.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
Comments
The provenance is suggested by an old sticker glued on one side of the palette, where "Abydos" can be read. The letters FB are added in pencil on the other side.
References
Not previously published.