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Palette – rhomboid, fragmentary PAL-0139
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Archaeological context unknown. 1896 : Jacques de Morgan excavation.St-Germain-en-Laye, Musée d'Archéologie nationale, 77.705H.06.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Fragmentary
Preservation information :
One extremity broken off.
Description
The rhomboid palette is rounded / angular at the ends of the shorter axis and its remaining extremity is pointed.
Object use
The palette has been used, causing at least on one face deep hollowing in the central area.
(ed.) 1982: 115.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
7
Length :
34.7
