Palette rhomboid PAL-0169
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0169

By Hendrickx, Stan

Gebelein

, Archaeological context unknown. 1885–1916 : Gaston Maspero collection. 1916–1953 : Louise J.E.M.T.C. Balluet d’Estournelles de Constant de Rebecque collection. 1954 : Institut d'Égyptologie V. Loret, Lyon.

Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, G1675 (IE 321).

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

General range of rhomboid palettes production.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Almost complete

Preservation information :

Extremities broken off.

Description

The rhomboid palette is angular at the ends of the shorter axis and probably had pointed extremities (damaged).

 

Object use

The available documentation does not allow to note whether or not traces of use are visible on the palette.

Musée des Beaux Arts (ed.) : Online catalogue.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

6.5

Length :

22.4

Thickness :

1.85

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0169, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0169. retrieved 12 February 2025.