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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0076
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Tomb ϕ16.
1900 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation. Until 1999 : St Helens Museum and Art Gallery.Liverpool, World Museum, 1999.21.164.2 (1904/9/47.5).
Date : Naqada IB–IC
Tomb ϕ16 is not mentioned in Randall-McIver & Mace's published report (1902: 53–54) but cemetery ϕ dates to Naqada IB–C.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Fragment
Preservation information :
Both extremities are broken off.
Description
Fragmentary rhomboid palette, rounded at the ends of the shorter axis.
Object use
The palette is slightly hollowed in the central area on both faces. There is also a limited amount of picking on both faces.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
8.1
Length :
20.2
Thickness :
1
Additional information
Comments
An old sticker is glued to one side of the palette, with no. 71 written in black ink.
References
Not previously published.
