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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0120
By Hendrickx, Stan
, 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.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
14
Length :
34