Palette rhomboid PAL-0161
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0161

By Hendrickx, Stan

el-Amra

, Tomb b232.

1900–1901 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.

Collection unknown

Date : Naqada IID

The find context and the contents of tomb b232 have not been published. Petrie (1921: pl. LVIII.90H) dated the palette to SD 68, which corresponds to Naqada IIIA. Dated to Naqada IID (Hendrickx 1989: II, 302).

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

Rhomboid palette attributed by Petrie (1921: pl. LVIII) to type 90H. This type of palette has angular projections at the ends of the shorter axis and pointed extremities.

 

Object use

There is no information about the use of this palette.

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Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0161, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0161. retrieved 11 February 2025.