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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0103
By Hendrickx, Stan
, 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.
1928: pl. LII.9.
Comments
The provenance is confirmed by the distribution list (Brunton & Caton-Thompson 1928: 117).
