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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0086
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Tomb U317.
1900 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.Sydney, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney, NM00.99 (127).
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
Tomb U317 is not mentioned in Petrie's Diospolis Parva (1901). General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Complete
Description
The rhomboid palette has angular projections at the ends of the shorter axis and pointed extremities.
Object use
The palette has been used, causing on both faces shallow hollowing in the central area. There are races of red discolouration on one face, and traces of green on the other.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
8.4
Length :
36.1
Thickness :
2.1
Additional information
Comments
The excavator's mark U317, written in pencil, is faintly visible on one side of the palette.
References
Not previously published.
