Palette rhomboid PAL-0137
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0137

By Hendrickx, Stan

el-Amra

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

St-Germain-en-Laye, Musée d'Archéologie nationale, 77.705H.04.

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

General range of rhomboid palettes production.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Almost complete

Preservation information :

Damaged at one extremity.

Description

The rhomboid palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and has rounded extremities.

 

Object use

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

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

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

6.1

Length :

28.2

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0137, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0137. retrieved 21 September 2024.