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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0181
By Hendrickx, Stan
, 174.
1899 : Egyptian Research Account excavation.Manchester, University Museum, 2764.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
One extremity is broken off.
Description
The rhomboid palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and has rounded extremities (one broken off).
Object use
The palette is deeply hollowed by use in the centre of one face.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
9.1
Length :
27.5
Additional information
Comments
"174" is written on the palette, but nothing is known for this Hierakonpolis excavation number (cf. Patenaude & Shaw 2011: 18, n. 35).
