Palette rhomboid, irregular PAL-0136
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Palette – rhomboid, irregular PAL-0136

By Hendrickx, Stan

el-Amra

, Archaeological context unknown. 1896 : Jacques de Morgan excavation.

St-Germain-en-Laye, Musée d'Archéologie nationale, 77.705H.03.

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

General range of rhomboid palettes production.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Fragmentary

Preservation information :

A large part of one extremity is missing; the other extremity is damaged.

Description

The rhomboid palette is assymetric and has angular projections at the ends of the shorter axis.

 

Object use

The palette probably has hollowing in the central area but the available documentation is inconclusive.

Musée des Antiquités Nationales (ed.) 1982: 115.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

8.6

Length :

36.8

Additional information

References

de Morgan, J.

1896

Recherches sur les origines de l'Egypte I: l'âge de la pierre et les métaux. Paris

, 150, fig. 356.
Musée des Antiquités Nationales

(ed.).

1982

Archéologie comparée. Catalogue sommaire illustré des collections du Musée des antiquités nationales de Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1. Paris

, 115.

Digital references

Ministère de la Culture (France)

(ed.).

Collections des musées de France (Joconde), on POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine

, retrieved 01.12.2022.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0136, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0136. retrieved 21 September 2024.

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Related person

de Morgan, Jacques

Excavator