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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0132
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Archaeological context unknown. 1900–1901 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.Florence, Museo Egizio, 8837.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Complete, repaired
Description
The rhomboid palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and has pointed extremities. The palette is asymmetric in shape, which may be due to reworking.
Object use
The palette is deeply hollowed by use in the centre of at least one side.
2006: 55, no. 78.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
8.5
Length :
43.2
