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Palette – rhomboid, irregular PAL-0059
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Archaeological context unknown.Chicago, Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum (ISAC), E7270.
Date : Naqada I–III
No exact date can be suggested.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Complete
Preservation information :
The palette is either unfinished, heavily worn, or an unshaped piece of greywacke.
Description
The palette is irregular in shape but has rounded edges on its long sides, relating it to the rhomboid palettes. One extremity has a short, horizontal end. The other is worked in a shape that may represent a handle (of a knife ?) as known from better-preserved examples.
Object use
There are no obvious traces of use.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
8.1
Length :
16.3
Thickness :
0.8
Additional information
References
Not previously published.
