Palette rhomboid PAL-0120
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0120

By Hendrickx, Stan

Ballas

, North cemetery, tomb 306.

1900–1901 : Hearst Egyptian Expedition excavation.

Berkeley, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 6-5958.

Date : early Naqada II

Dated after the assemblage of objects found in tomb 306 that are today in Berkeley's Phoebe A. Hirst Museum of Anthropology.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Almost complete

Preservation information :

The extremities are damaged and chips are missing.

Description

The rhomboid palette is angular at the ends of the shorter axis. The extremities are damaged.

 

Object use

The palette has been used, causing on both faces shallow hollowing in the central area.

Hearst Museum of Anthropology (ed.) : Online catalogue.
Hearst Museum of Anthropology (ed.) : Online catalogue.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

14

Length :

34

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0120, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0120. retrieved 12 February 2025.