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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0107
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Settlement deposit 3165.
1924 : British School of Archaeology in Egypt excavation.Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 48298.
Date : early Naqada II (?)
Settlement deposit 3165 was dated to SD 37–38 (Brunton & Caton-Thompson 1928: pl. XXXI). An early Naqada II date can be suggested.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
Both extremities are damaged.
Description
The rhomboid palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and has rounded extremities.
Object use
The palette was probably lightly used.
© Stan Hendrickx.
1928: pl. XLVII.6.
Comments
On display in the Cairo Museum.
