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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0138
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Archaeological context unknown. 1896 : Jacques de Morgan excavation.St-Germain-en-Laye, Musée d'Archéologie nationale, 77.705H.05.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
One extremity is broken off, the other damaged.
Description
The rhomboid palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and probably had pointed extremities.
Object use
The palette has hollowing in the central area of at least one face.
(ed.) 1982: 115.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
13.3
Length :
34.9
