Palette rhomboid PAL-0103
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0103

By Hendrickx, Stan

Badari

, Tomb 1673.

1924 : British School of Archaeology in Egypt excavation.

Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 48281.

Date : Naqada IID

Tomb 1664 was dated to SD 55–57 (Brunton & Caton-Thompson 1928: pl. XXXI) and to Naqada IID (Hendrickx 1989: II, 213).

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

The rhomboid palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and has rounded extremities.

 

Object use

The palette has slight hollowing in the central area of at least one face.

© Stan Hendrickx.
Brunton & Caton-Thompson 1928: pl. LII.9.

Comments

The provenance is confirmed by the distribution list (Brunton & Caton-Thompson 1928: 117).

References

Brunton, G. ; Caton-Thompson, G.

1928

The Badarian civilisation and predynastic remains near Badari. British School of Archaeology in Egypt & Egyptian Research Account 46, 30th year, 1924. London

, pl. LII.9.
Hendrickx, S.

1989

De grafvelden der Naqada-cultuur in Zuid-Egypte, met bijzondere aandacht voor het Naqada III grafveld te Elkab. Interne chronologie en sociale differentiatie. PHD thesis, Leuven

, II, 213.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0103, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0103. retrieved 12 February 2025.

Related person

Brunton, Guy

Excavation director

Caton-Thompson, Gertrude

Excavator