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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0173
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Archaeological context unknown. 1907–1908 : Brooklyn Museum excavation.St-Germain-en-Laye, Musée d'Archéologie nationale, 77.719S.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
Extremities damaged.
Description
The rhomboid palette is angular at the ends of the shorter axis and probably had pointed extremities (damaged).
Object use
The palette probably has slight hollowing in the central area but the available documentation is inconclusive.
(ed.) 1982: 139.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
9.1
Length :
20.3
