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Palette – rhomboid, with horns emblem PAL-0165
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Archaeological context unknown. 1894 : Gift Edward E. Ayer to the Field Columbian Museum.Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 30792.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
Upper part of horns broken off.
Description
Rhomboid palette with a horns emblem on top of one of the extremities. The palette is angular at the ends of the shorter axis and has a rounded extremity. The upper parts of the horns are broken off and their original shape can not be reconstructed.
Object use
The palette probably has slight hollowing in the central area but the available documentation is inconclusive.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
References
Not previously published.