Palette rhomboid PAL-0162
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0162

By Hendrickx, Stan

el-Amra

, Tomb c3.

1900–1901 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.

Collection unknown

Date : Naqada IA

Petrie (1921: pl. LVIII.90L) dated the palette to SD 30, which corresponds to Naqada IA.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

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

 

Object use

There is no information about the use of this palette.

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References

Petrie, W. M. F.

1921

Corpus of prehistoric pottery and palettes. British School of Archaeology in Egypt & Egyptian Research Account 32, 23rd year, 1917. London

, pl. LVIII.90L (type only).

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0162, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0162. retrieved 11 February 2025.

Related person

Randall-MacIver, David

Excavation director

Wilkin, Anthony

Excavator