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Palette – (rhomboid) PAL-0071
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Archaeological context unknown. 1901 : Found at Abydos by William M.F. Petrie or purchased. Before 1932 : Amy Urlin collection. 1932 : Inherited from Amy Urlin by Margaret J.E Hearne. 1944 : Sold by Margaret J.E. Hearne to the World Museum.Liverpool, World Museum, 44.19.269 (39n–’12).
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Complete
Description
The rhomboid palette is pointed at the ends of the shorter axis and has pointed extremities.
Object use
No obvious traces of use can be noted on the available documentation.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
13.5
Length :
45
Additional information
Comments
On one side of the palette is a sticker dating to the period during which Amy Urlin loaned this object to the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow (1912–1915), where number 39n–’12 is written in pencil.
References
Not previously published.
