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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0067
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Archaeological context unknown. Before 1891 : Greville J. Chester collection. 1891 : Donated to the Ashmolean Museum by Greville J. Chester.Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, AN 1891.208.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
Broken and reground at break.
Description
The rhomboid palette has angular projections at the ends of the shorter axis and pointed extremities.
Object use
Deeply hollowed by use.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
8.6
Length :
22.5
