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Palette – rhomboid, fragment PAL-0070
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Archaeological context unknown. Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.Urbana-Champaign (IL), Spurlock Museum of world cultures, University of Illinois, 1911.02.0002.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Fragment
Preservation information :
Just over half of the original palette is preserved; following the break, this object continued to be used, as suggested by the off-centre grinding depressions.
Description
Fragment of a rhomboidal palette that was reworked and reused after having been broken.
Object use
The palette is deeply hollowed by use on both faces.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
: Online catalogue.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
6.3
Length :
13
Thickness :
1.8
Additional information
References
Not previously published.