Palette – rhomboid, decorated PAL-0122
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Archaeological context unknown. 1907–1908 : Brooklyn Museum excavation.St-Germain-en-Laye, Musée d'Archéologie nationale, 77.713f.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke (incised)
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
Damaged at both extremities.
Description
The rhomboid palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and has rounded extremities.
Decoration
The palette is decorated near one of the extremities with the engraved representation of a quadruped, most probably a feline. The animal faces toward the end of the palette; it has pointed ears and a curved tail. It seems that several lines were incised near the extremities of its legs.
Object use
The palette has been used rather heavily for grinding on the face decorated with the animal, causing depressions in the centre of the palette. The other face has not or hardly been used. Some pitting occurs on both faces of the palette.
Dimensions (cm)
11.2
39.5
Additional information
References
1897
Recherches sur les origines de l'Egypte II: éthnographie préhistorique et tombeau royal de Négadah. Paris
, 144, fig. 510–11.1905
Primitive art in Egypt; translated from the revised and augmented original edition. London
, 91, fig. 61.1973
L'Egypte avant les pyramides. 4e millénaire. Grand Palais, 29 mai - 3 septembre 1973. Paris
, 45, fig. 49.