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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0072
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Archaeological context unknown. Before 1927 (1922?) : Found in Egypt (Abydos?), likely during excavation by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt. 1927 : Gift of William M. Flinders Petrie to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. 1973 : Gift of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum to the World Museum.Liverpool, World Museum, 1973.2.528 (58256).
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Complete
Description
The rhomboid palette is angular at the ends of the shorter axis and has pointed extremities.
Object use
The available documentation does not allow to note whether or not traces of use are visible on the palette.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
10.2
Length :
45.8
Thickness :
1.5
Additional information
Comments
Traces of a pencil inscription that may read 11 or H.
References
Not previously published.