Palette rhomboid PAL-0133
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0133

By Hendrickx, Stan

el-Amra

, Archaeological context unknown. 1900–1901 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.

Oxford, Pitt Rivers Museum, 1901.29.7 ((B 1099)).

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

General range of rhomboid palettes production.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

Palette that is only scantily described as "Rhomboid-shaped palette" on the museum's website; no other details of its shape are known.

 

Object use

The palette has been heavily used, causing a deep depression on both faces. There are reddish-brown stains on both faces, possibly from the remnants of the material ground on the palette surface.

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Dimensions (cm)

Width :

10

Length :

29.2

Additional information

References

Not previously published.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0133, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0133. retrieved 11 February 2025.