Palette rhomboid PAL-0065
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0065

By Hendrickx, Stan

Adaima

, Archaeological context unknown.

1897 : Louis Charles Lortet excavation.

Lyon, Musée des Confluences, 90000056.

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

General range of rhomboid palettes production.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

The small-sized (or miniature) rhomboid palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and has pointed extremities.

 

Object use

No obvious traces of use but there is a limited amount of picking.

© Courtesy of the Musée des Confluences, Lyon.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

2.8

Length :

6.7

Thickness :

0.2

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0065, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0065. Retrieved 11 May 2024.