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Palette – rhomboid, decorated PAL-0166
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Archaeological context unknown. 1894 : Gift Edward E. Ayer to the Field Columbian Museum.Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 30796.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke (incised)
Preservation : Complete, repaired
Preservation information :
Broken in two halves and mended.Flakes missing at the break.
Description
The rhomboid palette is angular at the ends of the shorter axis and has rounded extremities.
Decoration
Incised designs are visbile on the photographs of the object, but their exact shape is yet to be determined.
Object use
The palette probably has slight hollowing in the central area but the available documentation is inconclusive. The surface is worn.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
References
Not previously published.