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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0077
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Tomb ϕ97.
1900 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation. Until 1999 : St Helens Museum and Art Gallery.Liverpool, World Museum, 1999.21.164.8 (1904/9/17.1).
Date : Naqada IB–C
Tomb ϕ97 is not mentioned in Randall-McIver & Mace (1902: 53–54) but cemetery ϕ dates to Naqada IB–C.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Complete
Preservation information :
The extremities may have been reworked.
Description
The rhomboid palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and has rounded extremities.
Object use
The palette probably has slight hollowing in the central area but the available documentation is inconclusive.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
7
Length :
17.1
Thickness :
0.7
Additional information
References
Not previously published.
