Palette rhomboid, fragment PAL-0080
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Palette – rhomboid, fragment PAL-0080

By Hendrickx, Stan

Abydos

, Tomb E125.

1909–1910 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.

Sydney, Australian Museum, E019005 (MU1533).

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

Tomb E125 is not mentioned in  Naville (1914: 12–17). General range of rhomboid palettes production.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Fragment

Preservation information :

About one half of the palette is missing.

Description

Fragment of a rhomboid palette, probably rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and with rounded extremities.

 

Object use

The palette probably has slight hollowing in the central area but the available documentation is inconclusive.

Australian Museum (ed.) : Online catalogue.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

10

Length :

15

Additional information

References

Not previously published.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0080, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0080. Retrieved 12 May 2024.