Palette – rhomboid, decorated PAL-0112
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Cemetery 3800.
1924 : British School of Archaeology in Egypt excavation.Collection unknown
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke (incised)
Preservation : Complete
Description
The rhomboid palette is rounded / angular at the ends of the shorter axis and has pointed extremities.
Decoration
The palette is decorated with hte incised figure of an animal near one of its extremities. A quadruped, It is only partially preserved and faces toward the centre of the palette. With the head missing, it is difficult to determine the intended species; the animal has a long tail that ends in a tuft of hair, and may have represented a feline (possibly a lion or leopard?). It seems that the other side of the palette was decorated with series of parallel lines incised along the edge of the same end as that with the animal.
Object use
The palette is deeply hollowed by use in several places on one face. There is no information about the possible use of the side with the incised animal.
Comments
According to the distribution list, the palette should be in Newcastle, Dunedin, Worthing or Bexhill (Brunton & Caton-Thompson 1928: 120). No object corresponding to this palette has been identified in these locations.
