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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0175
By Hendrickx, Stan
Archaeological site unknown.
1913 : Purchased (?) in Egypt (?). Before 1960 : Reinhold Oscar Christian Holtermann collection. 1969 : Purchased by the museum.Stockholm, Medelhavsmuseet, 1969.135.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
Extremities damaged.
Description
The rhomboid palette has angular projections at the ends of the shorter axis and probably had pointed extremities (broken off).
Object use
The palette is deeply hollowed by use in the centre of at least one face.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
8
Length :
28.3
Additional information
Comments
The online database of the Medelhavsmuseet entions "Ghâbâr, Upper Egypt, 1913" as provenance, which remains unclear. It also notes the presence of an additional marking: Falmouth Museum.
References
Not previously published.
