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Palette – rhomboid, miniature, with horns emblem PAL-0145
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Tomb a74.
1900–1901 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.Philadelphia, UPenn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, E.9612.
Date : Naqada IC
Tomb a74 was not dated by the excavators (Randall-McIver & Mace 1902: 23). Dated to Naqada IC (Hendrickx 1989: II, 284).
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
One of the horns is broken off.
Description
This rhomboid palette has a horn emblem ending in bird heads on top of one of the extremities. The palette is angular at the ends of the shorter axis and has a rounded extremity. There is a perforation near to one of the ends of the shorter axis; because of this hole and its small size, it can be suggested that this artefact is a miniature model of an average-size palette, perhaps used as a pendant or amulette.
Object use
No obvious traces of use can be noted on the available documentation.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
3
Length :
7.5
Thickness :
0.5
